Every time you look at the sky, you travel back in time… in a sense. When…
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It is awkward being in weightlessness
After Wubbo Ockels (1985), ESA astronaut André Kuipers is now the second Dutchman to know what…
StarTiger to roar in Finland
ESA is hoping to repeat the success of its first StarTiger project. This time the venue…
XMM-Newton detects X-ray ‘solar cycle’ in distant star
For years, astronomers have wondered whether stars similar to the Sun go through periodic cycles of…
Great Wall of China seen from space
ESA’s Proba satellite here shows a winding segment of the 7240-km long Great Wall of China…
Images of Acheron Fossae Mars
Images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express are of…
Minature Earth observer put to many uses
Think of ESA’s Proba as the little satellite that does a lot. It is only the…
DELTA mission concludes with Soyuz landing
The 11-day DELTA mission to the International Space Station (ISS) came to a successful conclusion when…
Space technology on racetracks
As the 2004 motor-racing season gets underway, technology from Europe’s satellites and launchers is being put…
Space solutions for health
ESA announced the launch of its ‘Space Solutions’ initiative, a business-to-business provider of know-how and technologies…