Integration of the Separation and Distancing Cylinder

Integration of the Separation and Distancing Cylinder (SDC) on the Ariane 5 launcher for the spacecraft…

Integration of the Separation and Distancing Cylinder

Integration of the Separation and Distancing Cylinder (SDC) on the Ariane 5 launcher for the spacecraft…

Exit wound

Technology image of the week: How hypervelocity space debris would tear through the Kevlar-Nextel fabric protecting…

Perseus galaxy cluster

A new study of the Perseus galaxy cluster, shown in this image, and others using Chandra…

ATV shielding after impact test

An exit hole through Kevlar–Nextel fabric after hypervelocity testing of the multilayer shielding for ESA’s ATV…

ATV shielding after impact test

An exit hole through Kevlar–Nextel fabric after hypervelocity testing of the multilayer shielding for ESA’s ATV…

Balloons keep IXV prototype afloat

On the 23 June 2014 a prototype of the suborbital IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle was recovered…

Upside-down splashdown for IXV prototype

On 23 June 2014, the ship and crew aiming to recover Europe’s unmanned IXV spacecraft in…

IXV awaits inspection on Nos Aries deck

On the 23 June 2014 a prototype of the suborbital IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle was recovered…

IXV prototype is hoisted

On the 23 June 2014 a prototype of the suborbital IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle was recovered…