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ESA - Newsroom - European Space Agency
A multi-orbit constellation of about 300 satellites that will deliver resilient, secure and fast communications for EU governments, European companies and citizens will be put in orbit after two contracts were confirmed on Monday in Brussels.
ESA Science & Technology - Science & Technology
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA) have announced their decision to no longer consider the infrared space observatory, SPICA, as a candidate for the upcoming selection as ESA's 5 th medium-class mission in its Cosmic Vision...
ESA - Press Releases - European Space Agency
A multi-orbit constellation of about 300 satellites that will deliver resilient, secure and fast communications for EU governments, European companies and citizens will be put in orbit after two contracts were confirmed on Monday in Brussels.
ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover ... - European Space Agency
Apr 14, 2023 · An eight-year cruise with four gravity-assist flybys at Earth and Venus will slingshot the spacecraft towards the outer Solar System. The first flyby in April 2024 will mark a space exploration first: Juice will perform a lunar-Earth gravity-assist – a flyby of the Moon followed 1.5 days later by one of Earth.
ESA - News - European Space Agency
An ESA-led team subjected Intel’s new Myriad 2 artificial intelligence chip to one of the most energetic radiation beams available on Earth. This test of its suitability to fly in space took place at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The AI chip is related in turn to an ESA-fostered family of integrated circuits.
ESA - Space for Kids - European Space Agency
Space for Kids! ESA Kids features space news, information, animations and downloads for kids aged between 6 and 12
Introducing Ramses, ESA’s mission to asteroid Apophis
Jul 16, 2024 · The programme has received permission to begin preparatory work for its next planetary defence mission – the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses). Ramses will rendezvous with the asteroid 99942 Apophis and accompany it through its safe but exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029.
ESA - Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space
Jul 9, 2024 · Ariane 6 is the latest in Europe's Ariane rocket series, taking over from Ariane 5, and featuring a modular and versatile design that can launch missions from low-Earth orbit and farther out into deep space.
ESA - Rosetta - European Space Agency
Follow Europe's comet chaser Rosetta on ESA's official website, where you can find the latest news, images and animations on the spacecraft and its lander Philae.Rosetta will rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and release its lander Philae onto the surface to make the most detailed analysis ever made of a comet's nucleus.