Two-armed 3D printing

Technology image of the week: twin robotic arms work together to 3D print and mill a…

3D printing titanium for ESA’s Athena

A close-up view of laser melting being used to 3D print in titanium to produce test…

3D printing titanium for ESA’s Athena

A close-up view of laser melting being used to 3D print in titanium to produce test…

3D printing and milling Athena optic bench

Twin robotic arms work together as part of a project to construct what will be the…

3D printing and milling Athena optic bench

Twin robotic arms work together as part of a project to construct what will be the…

ColKa

Unlike traditional satellite dishes used to pick up television signals, this antenna has to work in…

Space antenna

Unlike traditional satellite dishes used to pick up television signals, this antenna has to work in…

ESA’s ‘Cubesat central’ for smaller missions into space

ESA has set up a dedicated unit to work on the standardised nanosatellites called ‘CubeSats’, teaming…

ESA’s ‘Cubesat central’ for smaller missions into space

ESA has set up a dedicated unit to work on the standardised nanosatellites called ‘CubeSats’, teaming…

Testing Solar Orbiter

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is undergoing important pre-launch tests at the IABG National Space Centre in Ottobrunn,…