ESA and China Discuss Possible Joint ISS Mission
According to Aviation Week, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, met with Chinese officials in March 22-23 to discuss a cooperation in... Read more →
ESA’s Large ATV Cargo Spacecraft Lifts Off
ESA’s ATV-3, named after Italian physicist and space pioneer Edoardo Amaldi, lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, today at 04:34 GMT (05:34... Read more →
Moot Court Tackles Space Debris Concerns
The winning 2011 moot court team (Credits: International Institute Space Law). What happens if a satellite’s orbit degrades and it re-enters... Read more →
Experimental Payloads Selected For Commercial Suborbital Flights
Researchers performing experiments onboard a NASA-sponsored parabolic flight in 2011 (Credits: NASA). Source: NASA NASA's Flight Opportunities... Read more →
Metal Object Found in Siberia Likely Not from Space
On March 18, inhabitants of the Siberian village Otradnesnky found a large metal object in a nearby forest after reportedly seeing it fall out... Read more →
Meteor 1-1, Last Views of a Historic Spacecraft
Meteor 1-1, the very first version of the Meteor satellite network, is performing its final orbits after having spent more then 4 decades in Earth... Read more →