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World's largest spaceship docks with ISS

World's largest spaceship docks with ISS

...A photo taken from the International Space Station shows the European Space Agency's cargo spacecraft approaching for an automated docking and delivery... Read more

12 April, 2012 by James Martin
ESA gives green light to Skylon spaceplane

ESA gives green light to Skylon spaceplane

...The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed a technical assessment of the Skylon spaceplane... Read more

27 May, 2011 by Ben Woods
The future of graphene

The future of graphene

...funding for a materials science research programme to rival Cern, or the European Space Agency. Ferrari began our conversation with a note of caution. Although... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff

Stricken space probe Phobos-Grunt sends more data

...The European Space Agency has managed to make contact with Russia's failed Phobos... Read more

24 November, 2011 by David Meyer

ESA's billion-pixel camera aims to scan space in 3D

...The European Space Agency has unveiled its one-billion pixel imaging device known as... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Rory Reid
Europe set to build wedge-shaped spacecraft

Europe set to build wedge-shaped spacecraft

...The European Space Agency is working on an unmanned, wedge-shaped test vehicle that... Read more

28 June, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

ESA hack did not breach internal network

...The European Space Agency has confirmed that a hacker entered its FTP servers and... Read more

19 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

Hacker takes credit for ESA 'breach'

...A hacker claims to have breached the European Space Agency, gaining access to and publishing online what appear to be... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Darren Pauli
NASA's 2013 budget boosts manned flights

NASA's 2013 budget boosts manned flights

The Obama administration's budget plan for NASA in 2013 includes funding for the ISS and commercial manned spaceflight, but cuts the amount of cash available for Mars exploration Read more

14 February, 2012 by William Harwood
Inside Europe's space research centre

Inside Europe's space research centre

...Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC), the main research facility of the European Space Agency (ESA). ESTEC's major duties include development and oversight of... Read more

18 July, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman
Endeavour docks with space station

Endeavour docks with space station

...darkness 220 miles above the south Pacific Ocean. Inside the space station, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli rang the ship's bell in a... Read more

19 May, 2011 by William Harwood
Discovery shuttle docks with space station

Discovery shuttle docks with space station

...Station's 12-year history that spacecraft from the US, Russia, the European Space Agency and Japan were docked at the outpost at the same... Read more

28 February, 2011 by William Harwood
Space volunteers 'land' on Mars

Space volunteers 'land' on Mars

...Marswalk' prior to the beginning of the Mars500 experiment. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the artificial Mars terrain is about 10m long and... Read more

20 February, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

Avanti prepares 10Mbps satellite broadband for Europe

...and a small modem. The scheme received £24m in 2006 from the European Space Agency to help towards development of the core technology, but has... Read more

24 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

Artificial intelligence: Helping man to explore the cosmos

...an increasingly important role in future expeditions into the cosmos. Both the European Space Agency (ESA) and Nasa are exploring how AI can be used... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Nick Heath

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