A space rock several hundred metres across is heading towards our planet and the last-ditch attempt…
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Testing time for Proba-V, ESA’s global vegetation tracker
ESA’s Proba-V microsatellite is now assembled and midway through testing to ensure it is fully spaceworthy.…
Shadows on ice: Proba-1 images Concordia south polar base
ESA’s Earth-observing microsatellite Proba-1 has glimpsed one of the loneliest places on Earth – Concordia research…
Proba-2 soaks up three solar eclipses
ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses last night while lucky observers watching from…
Get ready for a total solar eclipse!
Tomorrow’s total solar eclipse will only be visible in its entirety to ground-based observers watching from…
ESA-incubated company wins prestigious award
The GMES Master 2012 prize has been awarded to the Dutch start-up company BlackShore from the…
Hypergravity helping aircraft fly further
ESA research has helped to develop an aircraft-grade alloy that is twice as light as conventional…
From rocket fuel to clean cars
Austrian manufacturer MagnaSteyr has adapted technology developed for the Ariane rocket to build clean-burning cars that…