ESA
How to catch a derelict satellite
Posted in Science on 23rd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
ESAs Clean Space initiative plans to control space debris to reduce the environmental impact of the space industry on Earth and space alike.
Europe's PLATO will hunt for habitable Earth-like planets
Posted in Hardware on 22nd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Unlike Kepler, the European astronomers are looking for something very specific and more exciting: Earth-like rocky planets in their Sun-like stars habitable zones.
Rosetta: Alarm to sound for comet mission
Posted in Science on 19th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Europe's Rosetta probe was launched a decade ago on a long quest to chase down and land on a comet, and has spent the past years in hibernation to try to conserve power.
International Space Station life 'to be extended'
Posted in Hardware on 9th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
NASA has won White House backing to extend the life of the International Space Station for a further four years, until 2024.
ESA's Cryosat mission detects continued West Antarctic ice loss
Posted in Science on 11th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller
West Antarctica continues to lose ice to the ocean and this loss appears to be accelerating, according to new data from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft.