The ESA's Proba-3 Satellites Will Fly in Tandem to Block Out the Sun
Spain heads a mission where a pair of satellites move in tandem like expert tango dancers.
Articles tagged "esa"
We Can 3D Print Anything, Including Moon Habitats
The ESA has recently begun researching ways to 3D print a base on the Moon using materials mined in situ.
Hybrids Are the Future, Even on Titan
Here's hoping some Texan with oil money to spend will take up the challenge of exploring the Saturnian moon with HyTAQ, a brilliant quadrotor concept.
A River Ran Through Mars
New pictures provide more evidence for the existence of water on ancient Mars.
European Exploration of Jupiter is About to Get JUICE-y
A new ESA mission to Jupiter has some ambitious plans to study the gas giant and three of its more interesting moons.
Later, Mars: NASA's Future with the Red Planet
In 2010, President Obama said that going to Mars was a more important goal than returning to the Moon. He wanted astronauts on the red planet by the mid 2030s. But when NASA released its 2013 budget, that all changed. The planetary science department…
Venus Keeps Upping Its Rebel Status in the Solar System
Venus, our inner cosmic neighbor, is an enigma. Sometimes referred to as the Earth’s twin since the planets are roughly the same size, Venus is more like an inside out and backwards Earth. Venus rotates in the opposite direction, not just of Earth bu…
At the End of the Space Shuttle, the Russians Have the Last Laugh
Even for die-hard space patriots, it's hard not to appreciate the delectation Russia may be getting out of the end of the Space Shuttle program. Officially due in a little more than a month, the milestone won't just mark the end of the United States'…
After Supreme Court Victory, The Freedom To Game Vs The Freedom To Game Well
In the moments after the announcement of Monday's landmark Supreme Court decision, which at long last established videogames as a protected form of creative expression under the United States Constitution, the general response I kept hearing went som…
Pope Video Chats the Space Station
In a special link-up from The Vatican to the International Space Station, Pope Benedict XVI asks how science can help bring peace on Earth and good will toward men. Mark Kelly's reply is smart and politic: let's use the kind of solar panels we have o…
MARS 500 Crew Finds Awesome Sandbox To Play In
For the past eight months, six astronauts have been "traveling to mars":http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/5/19/500-days-of-martian-summer-six-prepare-for-longest-isolation-test. Yesterday, they landed. The astronauts are locked in a capsule meant to
