Juice will spend several weeks being subjected to extreme heating and cooling cycles under vacuum, to…
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Shoemaker Crater, Australia
Image: For Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Shoemaker Impact Structure (formerly…
Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission
Image: Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission Click here for original story, Eye of ESA’s…
CubeSat will sift asteroid secrets from reflected sunshine
As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence probes the Didymos twin asteroid system, it will be…
CubeSat named for pioneer of European planetary defence
As ESA’s Hera mission reaches the Didymos double asteroid system, it will not be there alone:…
Reprogrammable satellite shipped to launch site
An advanced telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed in orbit has arrived at its launch…
Power on: new solar arrays installed over three spacewalks
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough performed three spacewalks in the span of…
Retro means retrofit
Image: Retro meets retrofit: The Novespace Air Zero G aircraft is seen here next to Douglas…
Retro meets retrofit
Image: Retro meets retrofit: The Novespace Air Zero G aircraft is seen here next to Douglas…
ESA joins Asteroid Day for rocky live broadcast
What do astronauts, rockstars, scientists and communicators have in common? You’ll find some of the best…