If rocket launch stages were transparent, this is what would be visible at the moment of…
Author: ESA Technology
Drive me to the Moon
Thanks to advanced electrical wiring developed for space, some racing drivers are now steering sleeker and…
Eyeing strain
Technology image of the week: ESA’s Aramis 3D optical measuring system identifies the slightest strain in…
Eyeing strain
Satellite structures must stay rigid, resisting the extreme accelerations, vibrations and temperature shifts of spaceflight. This…
‘Design for Demise’ ITT issued, aiming for safer satellites
What goes up must come down – except in space. When a space mission is due…
High-tech hitchhikers
Technology image of the week: Alphasat – Europe’s largest telecommunications satellite – is also serving as…
High-tech hitchhikers
Ready for launch tomorrow, Alphasat – Europe’s largest telecommunications satellite – will serve as a testbed…
Deep-space stations gain made-in-Europe hearing boost
Picking up ultra-weak signals from spacecraft exploring deep in our Solar System requires cooling a detector…
Proba-2 eye-to-eye with Typhoon Soulik
The swirling eye of Typhoon Soulik as it approached Taiwan last Friday is caught by a…
Well-bred steering
ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team wins a ‘Humie’ award for their use of ‘evolutionary computation’ to evolve…