On a humid day in June, with a temperature similar to that at Europe’s Spaceport in…
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EGNOS, the first European satellite navigation system
Italy takes on a prominent role in European satellite navigation with the opening on 13 July…
Titan’s surface revealed
Piercing the layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reveal an…
Mapping the Galaxy
One of ESA’s most ambitious current projects has the aim of compiling the most precise map…
Space at the Farnborough Air Show
Every two years, specialists and fans of aircraft and space gather at Farnborough for the International…
Hubble sees star formation
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the iridescent tapestry of star birth in a neighbouring galaxy…
Scientists confront challenges ice mission
Camping out, for anything up to two months, on vast ice sheets in the Arctic is…
Satellites map home of endangered gorillas
Conservation workers have had their first look at satellite-derived map products that show a remote habitat…
7th Student Parabolic Flight Campaign
This week 124 excited students will gather in Bordeaux for what will be the opportunity of…
Satellites aiding disaster relief
Recent demonstrations have shown how making use of digital processing technology on board satellites can help…