Dropship for Mars

ESA's latest StarTiger project developed and flew a dropship design to land rovers safely on Mars

Dropship offers safe landings for Mars rovers

The dramatic conclusion to ESA’s latest StarTiger project: a ‘dropship’ quadcopter steers itself to lower a…

Unboxing a spaceplane

Technology image of the week: The moment when ESA’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is removed from…

Closing the recycling circle

The International Space Station welcomes up to eight supply vessels a year bringing oxygen, water and…

Astronaut health check with single drop of blood

ESA is building a prototype tester for crews on the International Space Station to provide diagnoses…

Exit wound

Technology image of the week: How hypervelocity space debris would tear through the Kevlar-Nextel fabric protecting…

Beautiful Brazil

Technology image of the week: Just like global sports fans, ESA's minisatellite Proba-V has its eye…

Beautiful Brazil

Technology image of the week: Just like global sports fans, ESA's minisatellite Proba-V has its eye…

Beautiful Brazil

Technology image of the week: Just like global sports fans, ESA's minisatellite Proba-V has its eye…

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