Electrifying spacecraft propulsion

Neil Wallace, electric propulsion engineer Electric propulsion has been around for a long time –1920s rocket…

Laser tuning fork

Technology image of the week: What looks like an abstract sculpture is actually the laser equivalent…

View of the conference room before the ESA Council at Ministerial Level

ESA’s Ministerial Council will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland on 1–2 December 2016. Ministers in charge…

Optical stabilising reference cavity

What looks like an abstract sculpture is actually the laser equivalent of a tuning fork –…

Living with Space 4.0

From the moment we wake to last thing at night, space science and technology surround us,…

Living with Space 4.0

From the moment we wake to last thing at night, space science and technology surround us,…

Belgian royal visit

HM King Philippe of the Belgians honoured ESA's technical heart with a royal visit on Tuesday…

Belgian royal visit

HM King Philippe of the Belgians honoured ESA's technical heart with a royal visit on Tuesday…

Mares machine

The Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System, or Mares for short, is a three-in-one muscle-measurement machine…

King Philippe inspects Columbus module

HM King Philippe of the Belgians and members of his delegation inspect a full-scale mockup of…