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Holiday weather on Mars
ESA’s Mars Express is due to arrive at Mars in December 2003, and its Beagle 2…
Flight 162 delayed
Arianespace today announced a delay in Flight 162, scheduled to launch SMART-1 on the first stage…
Aurora student design competition finalists
Student teams from all over Europe and Canada have been flocking to enter the Aurora design…
Europe’s first Moon probe prepares for launch
Europe’s first probe to the Moon, SMART-1, is about to begin a unique journey that will…
Envisat focuses on carbon-rich peat swamp forest fires
Multiple sensors on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite have been used to peer beneath a vast pall…
ESA to give students hands-on Space experience
28 August will be an important day for ESA: not only will the SMART-1 spacecraft be…
Airbag to keep windsurfer safe on 8000 km voyage
Extreme sports adventurer Raphaëla Le Gouvello is about to windsurf 8000 km across the Pacific Ocean…
SMART-1 – the lunar adventure begins
This is clearly Europe’s time for interplanetary exploration. Having sent the first European mission to Mars,…
Space shows way to renewable energy future
How can we more effectively harness the free and endless energy resources of the Sun, wind…