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

Controlling robots

What is the best way to control a robot from afar as you circle a planet…

Controlling robots

What is the best way to control a robot from afar as you circle a planet…

ExoMars: Six months in orbit

Six months after its arrival at Mars (on 19 October 2016), Mission controllers of ESA’s Trace…

ExoMars: Six months in orbit

Six months after its arrival at Mars (on 19 October 2016), Mission controllers of ESA’s Trace…

Ice speed

Ice speed in the Western Palmer Land measured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission between 2014 and…