Vancouver, Canada, hosts the 55th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) from 4 to 8 October this year.…
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First Galileo experimental satellite model
The structural model of the first of two experimental Galileo satellites to be launched in 2005,…
High speed space-tech cooling
Cool your product from 22º C to 2º C in just two minutes with no electricity,…
Cosmic Vision
ESA’s ‘Cosmic Vision 2015-2025’ workshop, held at UNESCO in Paris on 15-16 September 2004, showed that…
Water and Methane on Mars
Recent analyses of ESA’s Mars Express data reveal that concentrations of water vapour and methane in…
ESA honoured with two AAAF prizes
The Association Aéronautique & Astronautique de France (AAAF) has awarded two of its annual prizes to…
Improving wine with satellites
The wine harvest has begun in many regions of Europe. Will it be a vintage year,…
Huygens test successful
ESA’s Huygens probe, now orbiting Saturn on board the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft, is in good health…
Europe’s MSG weather satellite
The first Meteosat Second Generation meteorological satellite is today in operational service as Meteosat-8. The data…
Space-tech at the Paralympics
At the 2004 Paralympics this week, Wojtek Czyz, the world record holder for long jump, will…