Following the failure of Ariane Flight 157 in December, with the loss of two spacecraft, ESA…
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Another piece of Europe in your pocket
Health-care experts met in Barcelona last weekend to discuss what an EU press release describes as…
Mars Express leaves for Baikonur
Mars Express, the first European spacecraft to visit the planet Mars, has completed its tests at…
Europe to the Moon, the Moon for Europe
The European Space Agency will present its SMART-1 lunar mission to the press on 3 April…
Artemis relays first images for Envisat
The first satellite-relayed images from Envisat have been received via the Artemis data-relay spacecraft in geostationary…
European astronomers observe first evaporating planet
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, observed the atmosphere of an…
British schools are using satellites
Now more than 1000 schools have signed up to the broadband educational content provider Espresso Broadband…
ESA’s first deep space ground station opens in Western Australia
The inauguration ceremony for the European Space Agency’s first deep space ground station was held today…
ERS-2 data used in El Niño animation
A vivid animation based on data from ESA’s ERS-2 satellite shows the onset of the recent…
ESA reschedules Soyuz flights
The European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to six-month postponements of the Soyuz flights by two…