by Dan Thisdell | Aug 7, 2012 | ESA, NASA, Science, Technology
Not much to see here apart from the heat shield flying off and the ground approaching, but JPL has provided this stop-motion video of frames from the last 2.5mins of flight – the best glimpse of what it would have looked like to ride on Curiosity…...
by David Todd | Jul 16, 2012 | ESA, Seradata News, Technology
The Director General of the European Space Agency, Jean-Jacques Dordain, noted why the surprise entry by the British reusable rocket engineering firm, Reaction Engines, in the competition to replace the Ariane 5 rocket, did not get further: ...
by Dan Thisdell | Jul 5, 2012 | ESA, Satellites
Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system has reached a milestone of sorts with the retirement of the first technology validation spacecraft, GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element), which has been in orbit since December 2005. GIOVE-A’s mission...
by Dan Thisdell | May 25, 2012 | ESA, Technology
The European Space Agency carried out a rare test-firing yesterday of its Ariane 5 solid-fuel booster at its French Guiana spaceport. The 135-second test on a specially-designed vertical testing stand was part of the Ariane 5 Research and Technology Accompaniment...
by David Todd | May 9, 2012 | ESA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
Following its loss of contact on 8 April, and a subsequent failure to recover the spacecraft, the European Space Agency (ESA) has formally declared that the Envisat environmental and remote sensing satellite mission is now over. Since the failure, engineers and...
by Dan Thisdell | May 2, 2012 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Satellites
In its “Cosmic Vision” push to explore the Solar system, Europe has setits sights on Jupiter icy moons, with a mission to launch for Europa, Ganymedeand Callisto in 2022. The so-called JUICE mission – Jupiter Icy moons Explorer – will arriveat...
