Test site for ESA-backed airbreathing engine

Work began today on building the UK’s latest rocket engine test facility, designed for firing the…

Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun’s heat

Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight – proving in principle…

Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun’s heat

Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight – proving in principle…

Controlling robots

Human spaceflight and robotic operations image of the week: Remotely controlling planetary rovers from space

Controlling robots

Human spaceflight and robotic operations image of the week: Remotely controlling planetary rovers from space

The way we were

Technology image of the week: Preparing ESA’s Geos-1 satellite for its launch back in April 1977

The way we were

Technology image of the week: Preparing ESA’s Geos-1 satellite for its launch back in April 1977

Irish Minister visits

On 24 April 2017 ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands was honoured with a visit by…

Irish Minister visits

On 24 April 2017 ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands was honoured with a visit by…

Mountain oasis

Technology image of the week: the vivid blue of a mountain reservoir imaged by Proba-1, ESA’s…