MSG-1 weather satellite ready for commissioning
ESA PR 61-2002. The first of Eumetsat`s new generation of weather satellites, MSG-1, has arrived on station at 10.5°W in geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. After separation from the Ariane-5 launcher on 29 August, ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt took the spacecraft under control on behalf of... view more... (2002-09-27)
Invitation to the Media - See Mars Express before its departure to the Red Planet
Mars Express, to be launched in May-June 2003 on its six-month journey to Mars, is presently being put through a test campaign at INTESPACE, Toulouse, France. The spacecraft, which will be undertaking Europe`s first mission to the Red Planet, is to be presented at a special press event being held in Toulouse on 18 September. Media... view more... (2002-09-05)
ESA and ANU make space propulsion breakthrough
The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of spacecraft ion engine that dramatically improves performance over present thrusters and marks a major step forward in space propulsion capability. view more (2006-01-12)
NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system
The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. view more (2008-10-07)
A little bit of Ferrari takes off to the Red Planet !
ESA PR 52-2002. What is the fastest Ferrari`s distinctive red paint has ever travelled? Next year it will be 10800 km/h! Mars Express, to be launched in May/June 2003, the first European spacecraft to visit the Red Planet, will be speeding on its way accompanied by the very essence of Ferrari: a sample of its distinctive red paint. Mars has... view more... (2002-07-22)
Proba-3: ESA's first step towards formation flying
Proba-3 is the third in ESA's series of missions for validating developments in space systems while carrying an 'added value' user payload which can directly benefit from the innovations under test. view more (2006-08-10)
CU-Boulder space scientists set for second spacecraft flyby of Mercury
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument to measure Mercury's wispy atmosphere and blistering surface, will make its second flyby of the mysterious, rocky planet Oct. 6. view more (2008-10-01)
Jules Verne - an extraordinary space traveller
Over thirty international media representatives witnessed yesterday the christening of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle at ESA/ESTEC. Due for launch in late 2004, the first spaceship has been named "Jules Verne" in honour of the 19th century French author who fascinated the minds of million of young people and inspired space scientists and... view more... (2002-04-11)
SMART-1 'star tracker' peeks at the approaching lunar surface
While ESA's SMART-1 mission is running on its last orbits around the Moon before its planned lunar impact on 3 September 2006, the spacecraft 'star tracker' - or attitude camera-is taking exciting pictures of the ever approaching surface. view more (2006-08-30)
U of M to help NASA 'follow the sun' — in stereo
Like geologists poring over seismograph records to identify the telltale signature of an imminent earthquake, University of Minnesota researchers are poised to probe the sun for a tipoff that a huge eruption of its corona is brewing. view more (2006-10-19)
Possible evidence found for Beagle 2 location
The news that Beagle 2 may have been spotted on the surface of Mars in the immediate vicinity of where it was expected to land was welcomed by the European Space Agency. view more (2005-12-22)
SSTL signs Launch Service Agreements for Tsinghua-1 and SNAP-1 with Russia
Two new Launch Service Agreements have been signed by SSTL: one between SSTL and China Great Wall Industry Corporation, Beijing; the other between SSTL and Rosvoorouzhenie, Moscow. The first agreement enables SSTL to procure the launch of the Tsinghua-1 microsatellite, whilst the agreement with Rosvoorouzhenie is to procure a launch for both... view more... (2000-05-24)
Mars Express leaves for Baikonur
Mars Express, the first European spacecraft to visit the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months extensive thermal environmental, mechanical and electric tests, the spacecraft with the Beagle 2 lander will leave for Ba'-konur, Kazakhstan on 19 March 2003 onboard an Antonov 124 aircraft. It will be launched early... view more... (2003-03-19)
Space Technology Centre opens at University of Dundee
Lord Sainsbury, UK Minister for Science and Innovation will officially open the University of Dundee's new Space Technology Centre that will carry out advanced research into planetary landing simulators and develop support technology for many space missions. view more (2005-03-17)
Space X-ray telescope arrives for tests at RAL
An X-ray telescope weighing half a tonne, due for launch on a Russian spacecraft in 1998, arrived at CLRC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory today for thermal tests. With conditions in space so different from those on Earth (space is an icy-cold vacuum), it is vital to test any instrument before launch to make sure that it can work in a vacuum at... view more... (1996-12-10)
Artemis on target for geostationary orbit
Slowly but surely - Artemis heads towards its working position. The experimental ion propulsion system designed to test a new form of technology for station-keeping on future satellites is performing well in its new role to get ESA`s Artemis to geostationary orbit and save the day. The Artemis (Advanced Relay and TEchnology MISsion)... view more... (2002-05-17)
GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit and Renamed GOES-14
On June 27, 2009, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space during a spectacular launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-O has now been renamed and its solar array has been deployed. view more (2009-07-13)
ASU instrument takes better look at Mars minerals
A slow drift in the orbit of NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft that mission controllers started nine months ago is now giving an ASU instrument on the spacecraft a better and more sensitive view of minerals on the surface of Mars. view more (2009-06-23)
SSTL gets ready to launch two new satellites
Tsinghua-1 & SNAP-1, the two latest satellites built at SSTL, have been shipped from the UK to the launch site at Plesetsk, Northern Russia. They are being readied for launch at midday Wednesday June 28 onboard a COSMOS rocket as secondary payloads alongside the Russian Nadezhda COSPAS-SARSAT satellite. The Tsinghua-1 microsatellite, a... view more... (2000-06-27)
Rosetta bound for outer Solar System after final Earth swingby
This morning, mission controllers confirmed that ESA's comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic journey to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. view more (2009-11-16)
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