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Spacecraft magnetic valve used to fill drinks
A precision magnetic valve originally designed to help steer a lander down to a comet has…
Vega liftoff on flight VV18
Vega liftoff on flight VV18 Click here for original story, Vega liftoff on flight…
ESA Explores a fictional asteroid impact
Once every two years, asteroid experts around the globe meet up and pretend an asteroid impact…
Forest measuring satellite passes tests with flying colours
With challenges imposed by the Covid pandemic, engineers building and testing ESA’s Biomass satellite have had…
Setting sail for sustainable space
Space is getting crowded. Old satellites, rocket bodies and fragments of both are leaving little space…
VEGA-C VNR
Europe’s new launch vehicle, Vega-C, is near completion.Elements will soon be shipped to Kourou for assembly…
Revoir la Normandie
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet snapped this image of Normandy from the International Space Station during his…
Space debris: feel the burn
It might be counter-intuitive, but designing satellites to better fall apart is one of the key…
Hot and cold space radio testing
Image: Hot and cold space radio testing Click here for original story, Hot and…