On Monday this week, 30 days before the scheduled launch of Sentinel-2B, flight director Pier Paolo…
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Friction-stir welded titanium tank tested by X-ray
A section of titanium fuel tank for a satellite produced through a novel welding technique has…
Friction-stir welded titanium tank tested by X-ray
A section of titanium fuel tank for a satellite produced through a novel welding technique has…
Fuelling Sentinel-2B
Sentinel-2B being fuelled at Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. This is an extremely hazardous and delicate…
Fuelling Sentinel-2B
Sentinel-2B being fuelled at Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. This is an extremely hazardous and delicate…
Fly Your Satellite! programme
ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme is a recurring, hands-on programme designed and managed by the…
Cape Town collage
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima…
Sloshing in space
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station to verify…
Sloshing in space
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station to verify…
From Blu-rays into orbit
Senior component engineer Andrew Barnes explains how ESA is harnessing high-performance gallium nitride technology for space