China’s Prime Minister Jiabao Wen visited ESA’s research and technology centre (ESTEC), in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.…
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Travel to Mars in your dreams?
Can you imagine spending eight weeks in bed? ESA is looking for female volunteers who are…
Huygens begins its final journey to Titan
One year after Mars Express’ arrival at Mars, the mighty rules of celestial mechanics have again…
Aid Workers Get Aid From Orbit
It is hard to overstate the scale of the humanitarian emergency unfolding in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur…
Sptlight on space debris
At closing speeds reaching 50 thousand kilometres per hour, even the smallest bits of space debris…
Mouth of the Danube from Space
Flanked by imposing mountains, one of Europe’s principal rivers reaches its end in this Envisat image.…
Underwater Robotic Arm
The WET model of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) was comprehensively inspected and tested at the…
Student Satellite almost ready for space
Building a satellite takes years and costs millions. Well, not always. Nearly one hundred students from…
Rock N Roll heading for Titan
Lalala, Bald James Dean, Hot Time and No Love are all heading for Titan. It is…
Space made maps help aid workers
The map is not the territory, runs the famous quote, but maps do represent an unparalleled…