Located on the UK Space Gateway, Harwell Campus, the ESA-RAL Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory provides expertise and…
Month: July 2016
NASA Establishes Institute to Explore New Ways to Protect Astronauts
NASA is joining with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to operate a new institute charged…
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Makes First Atmospheric Study of Earth-Sized Exoplanets
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the first search for atmospheres around temperate, Earth-sized…
Sunset at the Viking Lander 1 Site
On July 20, 1976, at 8:12 a.m. EDT, NASA received the signal that the Viking Lander…
Shakedown test
Technology image of the week: shaker testing of a radiator panel to ensure hard-working telecommunication satellites…
Mars navigation
In order to precisely deliver the Schiaparelli landing demonstrator module to the martian surface and then…
Shaker test of radiator panel
A radiator panel designed to ensure telecommunication satellites keep their cool in space seen during testing…
SpaceX Dragon CRS-9 chasing the ISS
An excellent early morning twilight image showing the International Space Station (thick streak) with the SpaceX…
Spacecraft materials kit – the challenge, VPR07b
This video, part of a new series of ESA teaching resources called 'Teach with space', shows…
Spacecraft materials kit – classroom demonstration video, VPR07a
This video, part of a new series of ESA teaching resources called 'Teach with space', shows…