Thomas feels home

Today, the International Space Station became a testbed for technologies that will allow astronauts to control…

Irish students ready to greet Thomas Pesquet

From Blu-ray players to Earth-observing missions

Andrew Barnes, Senior Technology Engineer If you have a Blu-ray player than you own a tiny…

From Blu-ray players to Earth-observing missions

Andrew Barnes, Senior Technology Engineer If you have a Blu-ray player than you own a tiny…

Wind satellite heads for final testing

The road to realising ESA’s Aeolus mission may have been long and bumpy, but developing novel…

Wind satellite heads for final testing

The road to realising ESA’s Aeolus mission may have been long and bumpy, but developing novel…

Aeolus ready for next step

Now that Aeolus is equipped with its Aladin instrument, it is ready to be moved from…

Andrew Barnes: From Blu-ray players to Earth-observing missions

ESA component engineer Andrew Barnes explains the Agency’s work with gallium nitride (GaN), described as the…

Andrew Barnes: From Blu-ray players to Earth-observing missions

ESA component engineer Andrew Barnes explains the Agency’s work with gallium nitride (GaN), described as the…

Cheops solar cells

ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite mission – Cheops – underwent important testing last year to be ready…