Satellite Broadband service, a boost for rural Ireland

The South West Regional Authority in Ireland has secured funding from ESA to carry out trials…

Debate on European Space Policy

Today in Brussels, European Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin, introduced the Green Paper on EU Space Policy.…

ESA’s new challenge with Rosetta

After the initial disappointment of postponing the Rosetta mission, ESA’s Director of Science David Southwood expressed…

ESA payloads feature on Space Shuttle research mission

European scientists will be ‘turning off’ the effects of gravity during the STS-107 Space Shuttle research…

Rosetta – a comet ride to solve planetary mysteries

In 2011, ESA’s Rosetta will be the first mission to orbit and land on a comet.…

Students Learning about space and agriculture

Today’s children may be whiz kids on computers but many know little about the origins of…

ESA 2003 events calendar

In 2003 ESA will be involved in a series of international events. The major ones are…

Bringing the coldness of space to the Sahara

Cooling is key in the Sahara Desert, especially when you’re in the middle of it, trying…

Space technologies to help Pescarolo Sport team in Dakar Rally

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Pescarolo Sport have concluded a technology partnership agreement under which…

Integral’s first look at the gamma-ray Universe

ESA’s gamma-ray satellite, Integral, is fully operational. Integral’s first ground-breaking images of the high-energy Universe were…