13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
The Council of Ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved development of a new Ariane 6 rocket yesterday. As ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain stressed, Ariane 6 is ...
31 July 2015
New Rosetta data on 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko: from complex molecules to comet erosion
Data analysis from the Rosetta mission is giving scientists at the European Space Agency a lot to ponder. The historic comet landing on 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko last November has given humanity an unprecedented ...
14 August 2015
Fun in the sun with Rosetta: comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at perihelion
... images of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at its closest approach to the sun have just been published by the European Space Agency. Amazing things – including jets and other outburst events – happen to comets at perihelion (the point in their orbit...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
...the-art and to maintain the spirit of the ECSS - which means maintaining a strong collaboration between the European space agencies and industry - in the years to come. What is Europe doing in terms of interoperability and how is it interacting with...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
...operations and downstream services, estimated by the European Commission to be worth about €52 billion to our economy, from an annual public investment of €8 billion (combining ESA, EC and national space agency spending). And novel technology is what...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
...author Victor Demaria-Pesce MD, PhD is a Senior Scientific Adviser to the Head of the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) of the European Space Agency (ESA). He is a Director of Research of Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research...
