The 35-m deep space antenna in New Norcia, Western Australia, is being looked after by a…
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Ariane 5 launchers with science missions onboard
If it wasn’t for launch capabilities we would never have delved deep into the echo of…
Mars on Earth – what next?
A Mars Sample Return campaign would bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth for…
The radiation showstopper for Mars exploration
An astronaut on a mission to Mars could receive radiation doses up to 700 times higher…
Bucking the trend
This luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. As this latter…
Earth from space: El Salvador
In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over El…
El Salvador
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Salvador, the smallest and most densely populated country…
ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin
On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An…
ExoMars – Testing locomotion
The ExoMars mission will see Rosalind Franklin the rover and its surface platform Kazachok land on…