by Dan Thisdell | Jul 11, 2013 | ESA, exploration, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The European Space Agency’s next big science mission – an attempt to unlock the secrets of the so-called “dark matter” invisible to normal telescopes but and its sister mystery, “dark energy”, which may hold the key to the...
by David Todd | Jul 9, 2013 | commercial launch services, ESA, Seradata News
The final configuration of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle has been finalised by the European Space Agency (ESA). It will use three parallel solid rockets as a “multi P linear” configuration followed by a solid second stage with a Vinci-engined final stage...
by David Todd | Jul 3, 2013 | ESA, exploration, Seradata News
While NASA gained plaudits for its most excellent and innovative sky crane landing technique that successfully dropped its Mars Curiosity Rover onto the planet Mars, we do note that since choosing that mission, NASA appears to have become more risk averse, and, dare...
by David Todd | Jun 19, 2013 | commercial launch services, ESA
At the Paris Air Show, it was revealed that the European launch provider, Arianespace, is requesting from the European Space Agency (ESA) financing for a new volumetric fairing extension for its Ariane 5 rocket so that new bulkier, if not...
by David Todd | Jun 18, 2013 | ESA, Science, Technology
While its main role is vegetation mapping, the European Space Agency’s Proba-V spacecraft is also being used to carry an aircraft tracking payload. While primary radars can give direct positioning of aircraft by their radar returns, and transponders can give...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2013 | ESA, International Space Station, space station
An Ariane 5 ES rocket has successfully launch the ATV-4 cargo craft towards the International Space Station. The launch took place from the Arianespace launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana at 2152 GMT on 5 June. The craft, dubbed Albert Einstein,...
