For mission controllers, a solar conjunction means that a spacecraft, the Sun and the Earth are…
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SMART-1 celebrates its first year in space
One year after its launch on 27 September 2003, the SMART-1 spacecraft is in excellent health…
Space-tech – Paralympics – World Record
Wojtek Czyz running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record in Athens…
Mars Express latest findings
Recent results from the ASPERA-3 instrument on board Mars Express confirm that a very efficient process…
IAC in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada, hosts the 55th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) from 4 to 8 October this year.…
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…