Analysing the dusty layers of low-gravity moons or asteroids using robots is on the agenda for…
Month: April 2016
Digital Press Kit – SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-8 Launch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Digital Press Kit – SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-8 Launch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
The Turbulent North Atlantic
The Gulf Stream waters flow in somewhat parallel layers, slicing across what is otherwise a fairly…
Comet on 29 March 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera
OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 29 March 2016, when Rosetta was 820 km from Comet…
D-STAR satellite to launch from Kourou
The ESA Education Office Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme is designed to train the next generation…
Command and control of SBIRS and DSP satellites successfully transferred to new ground system
Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing have confirmed…
Command and control of SBIRS and DSP satellites successfully transferred to new ground system
Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing have confirmed…
Slimmed Down Aircraft Wing Expected to Reduce Fuel and Emissions by 50%
Every bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put…
Shrinking satellites
ESA is increasingly making use of miniaturised CubeSats for technology testing - a video guide to…
Moonset Viewed From the International Space Station
Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA took this striking photograph of the moon from…