WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and three European satellite manufacturers have announced plans to work together to develop “ambitious and meaningful targets” for dealing with orbital debris. At an event during the Paris Air Show June 22, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and executives with Airbus Defence and Space, […]
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TAMPA, Fla. — The European Space Agency launched a demonstration project June 6 to show how artificial intelligence could use satellite data to help certify organic cotton farms in India to prevent fraud. The project aims to train software from German technology firm Marple to use imagery from ESA satellites, […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times. The European Space Agency broadcast the livestream with views courtesy of its Mars […]
WASHINGTON — A radar antenna on a European mission to Jupiter has yet to fully deploy after launch, although project officials say they still have plenty of options to fix the problem. The European Space Agency said April 28 that the radar instrument on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) […]
The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) — has collected its first scientific data as it starts its eight-year cruise through space to the fifth planet. The mission — which launched two Fridays ago on April 14 — is presently in its “commissioning” phase, during which its antennas, […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — The European Space Agency is preparing for a space summit this fall to win support for a new human spaceflight initiative as well as a new launch strategy. In an April 17 interview, Josef Aschbacher, ESA director general, said the agency is working on developing plans to […]
Europe’s hugely-anticipated Juice mission is on its way to Jupiter after successfully blasting into space at the second attempt. The £1.4 billion, six-tonne spacecraft launched just moments ago on the back of an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 13:14 BST (09:14 local time). A live […]
WASHINGTON — An Ariane 5 successfully launched a European spacecraft on an eight-year journey to Jupiter April 14 on the penultimate flight of the venerable rocket. The Ariane 5 lifted off from the European spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, at 8:14 a.m. Eastern after weather scrubbed a launch attempt the […]