Video: 00:39:06 Watch the replay of the media briefing in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher…
Building Bricks out of Lunar Regolith
It was 1969 that humans first set foot on the Moon. Now, over 50 years later…
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Technology-demonstrating microsatellite Proba-1 was launched into orbit 23 years ago this week – and is still…
Proba-1’s T-plus 23 years in orbit
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The Webb Discovers a Rich Population of Brown Dwarfs Outside the Milky Way
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