A few weeks before leaving for the Antarctic Concordia Station, the Italian-French crew that will spend…
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Vegas Zefiro 9 engine
Flames, smoke and a deafening noise accompanied the first firing test of Vega’s Zefiro 9 third-stage…
Sahara’s edge studied from ground, air and Space
An international team worked on the verge of the Sahara to gather data on the ground…
Rome from Space
The River Tiber flows through the historic centre of Rome, seen in high-resolution detail by France’s…
Hot, Massive Galaxy Halos
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have found very hot gaseous haloes around a multitude of spiral…
Spider Robots and Space
Robotic ‘spiders’ could be the key to building large-scale structures in space, according to ESA’s Advanced…
New Space Thruster
ESA has confirmed the principle of a new space thruster that may ultimately give much more…
Yucatan from Space
This wide-area Envisat image shows Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula extending into the Caribbean, together with the countries…
WISE volunteers back on their feet
ESA PR 58-2005. When the first women astronauts set foot on Mars, they may spare a…
ESA IMPRESS Project
The IMPRESS project saw the first launch of an experimental payload, the Electromagnetic Levitator, onboard an…