Missions in low Earth orbit below about 1000 km need to be designed to resist atomic…
Author: ESA Space Engineering & Technology
Self-driving spacecraft set for planetary defence expedition
Engineers designing ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission to the Didymos asteroid pair are developing advanced technology…
Self-driving spacecraft set for planetary defence expedition
Engineers designing ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission to the Didymos asteroid pair are developing advanced technology…
A decade-long quest to build an ecosystem in a room
Yesterday the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University of Barcelona celebrated 10 years spent demonstrating the…
A decade-long quest to build an ecosystem in a room
Yesterday the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University of Barcelona celebrated 10 years spent demonstrating the…
ESA oversees teaching of Europe’s next top solderers
Satellites are among the most complex machines ever designed, but in key respects they are still…
ESA oversees teaching of Europe’s next top solderers
Satellites are among the most complex machines ever designed, but in key respects they are still…
Two-armed 3D printing
Technology image of the week: twin robotic arms work together to 3D print and mill a…
Two-armed 3D printing
Technology image of the week: twin robotic arms work together to 3D print and mill a…
ESA’s ‘Cubesat central’ for smaller missions into space
ESA has set up a dedicated unit to work on the standardised nanosatellites called ‘CubeSats’, teaming…