MTM unpacked at Europe’s Spaceport

ESA's Mercury Transfer Module of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission is unpacked at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou.

MMO inspection

The JAXA module of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission, the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) in the clean…

MMO inspection

The JAXA module of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission, the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) in the clean…

MMO unpacked at Europe’s Spaceport

JAXA’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) of the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission is unpacked at Europe's Spaceport in…

Hera in orbit

ESA’s Hera mission concept, currently under study, would be humanity’s first mission to a binary asteroid:…

Testing deflection

In 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) collides with the smaller body of the Didymos…

Earthquake-level testing

Technology image of the week: this 8 tonne data centre cooling system is subjected to simulated…

Earthquake-level testing

Technology image of the week: this 8 tonne data centre cooling system is subjected to simulated…

Shaker test of 8-tonne cooling system

Typically ESA’s shaker tables are used to replicate the take-off vibrations of a satellite-lifting rocket. The…

Shaker test of 8-tonne cooling system

Typically ESA’s shaker tables are used to replicate the take-off vibrations of a satellite-lifting rocket. The…