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May 10, 2013 04:13 PM EDT

Earth's Most Precious Resource To Be Monitored By New Scientific Satellite

The satellite code-named 'Biomass', designed to map and monitor one of "Earth's most precious resources", was selected to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission by the European Space Agency.

JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE ESA

Feb 21, 2013 02:47 PM EST

Searching Life On Jupiter's Icy Moons With New Exploration Mission

Jupiter’s icy moons will be explored in more detail by Europe’s next large science mission, JUICE, which will carry a total of 11 scientific instruments to study both the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons, as finalized and announced by ESA today.

Feb 20, 2013 05:06 PM EST

Next-Door Star Alpha Centauri A With Same Cool Phenomenon as Sun

The star Alpha Centauri A in the closest neighboring star system, already regarded a twin of our own sun, was found to have the same strange cool layer in it's atmosphere as well by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. It is the first time this has been seen in a star beyond our own Sun, but that is ...

Feb 12, 2013 04:51 PM EST

Europe's ISS Columbus Laboratory: Five Years Science in Space

A variety of scientific results were achieved thanks to now 5 years of experiments aboard the European Columbus laboratory module attached to the International Space Station. By now, 110 ESA-led experiments involving some 500 scientists have been conducted since 2008, spanning fluid physics, materia...

Jan 31, 2013 05:08 PM EST

Lunar Base Architecture Erected by 3D Printing

The idea to use a 3D printer for building lunar base structures from local materials is not just hypothetical anymore, but is now in the process of being experimentally tested by an ESA project. The tools and possible architecture were explored and tested on moon-like material with industrial partne...

Jan 30, 2013 05:48 PM EST

Astrium Starts Development of Two Advanced Launchers Ariane 6 and 5ME

A 108 million Euro contract was awarded to Astrium today to develop two advanced launcher systems at once, the Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME. This follows up the decision of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting from November 2012 to go with both new launchers instead of selecting...

Jan 18, 2013 05:43 PM EST

European Space Agency Discovers Billion Year Old River on Mars

Analysing high-resolution 3D images taken in 2012 by the Mars Express stereo camera, the European Space Agency astronomers verified that the region Reull Vallis contains a river-like structure. They believe it was formed when running water flowed in the distant martian past, cutting a steep-sided ch...

Jan 16, 2013 06:08 PM EST

ESA is Working on Asteroid Defense Research Mission

In a laudable initiative to defend our planet against the substantial threat that rogue asteroids on a collision course pose to us, the European Space Agency (ESA) is presenting a research mission proposal to test defense-satellites and also calls for research ideas to further develop the US-Europea...

Jan 16, 2013 04:24 PM EST

Orion Spaceship Driving Module 'Made in Germany'

Progress on the path towards advanced manned spaceflight: The US and Europe signed off another step to build and launch the Orion spaceship together, which will be able to carry astronauts to the moon and even to Mars. It is high time too since the schedule is tight, NASA plans to launch the Orion c...

Jan 04, 2013 06:54 PM EST

Arianespace to launch VNREDSat-1A built by Astrium for Vietnam

VNREDSat-1A will be launched during the second quarter of 2013 by the second Vega launcher, VERTA 1, performed by Arianespace at the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana, for the European Space Agency (ESA). The satellite will be carried in the lower position on the Vespa multiple launch structure use...

Dec 28, 2012 11:17 AM EST

Mars photo first transmission to new European deep-space antenna

A picture from half-lit Mars, shot by the European Space Agency's Mars Express probe which is orbiting the red planet since 2003, was the first transmission to the new deep-space satellite tracking station in Malargüe, Argentina, which completes a network of ESA tracking stations around the globe.