October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... lies beneath. The search for life in the solar system has been one of the guiding goals of space exploration since its very conception. Enceladus, a small icy moon of Saturn, is currently seen as one of the prime candidates...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
... missions have been led mostly by NASA in the US, by Roscosmos in Russia and by JAXA in Japan. Europe is a main actor in space exploration but has lacked the goal of claiming part of the samples brought back by these missions. Sample return...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
..., the lunar vicinity is a key area for the development of an affordable and sustainable space economy that would completely transform the current landscape of space exploration [2]. High-speed lunar rover Current rover designs are not suited for...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... the ISS and low Earth orbit (LEO) operations, and is actively developing collaborative programmes related to deep space exploration missions. EAC is Neutral Buoyancy Facility hall includes a water tank, mock-ups, and scuba diving equipment...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
... Apollo 15 crew who left it there it is part of a universal commemoration to the heroes who have died in the advancement of space exploration. For Begian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who was commissioned to realise it, the statue is an ode to mankind...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
Currently, the field of crewed space exploration is characterised by a small number of nations ... risks as far as possible. With plans for longer missions for the exploration of Mars, asteroids or other objects, the existing solutions arguably fail to...
