
Tag : ESA
European Mars Mission to Launch on Monday
The first phase of the joint venture between the European Space Agency and Russia, known as ExoMars is expected to be launching on Monday 14th of March. The launch will take place at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…
NASA Discovers ‘Super-Earth’ Exoplanet With an Atmosphere
Astronomers from NASA and ESA have, for the first time, been able to analyse the atmosphere of an exoplanet that is classified as a ‘Super-Earth’. Exoplanet 55 Cancri e, which is located around 40 light-years from…
Aerospace Scientists Says Goodbye to Philae Lander
The German scientists behind the intrepid Rosetta space mission have given up hope of re-establishing communications with its Philae lander. The probe, which landed on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has been silent since July 2015, and the team…
EA, Nintendo, Playstation, and Ubisoft Launch Attack on KickAss Torrents
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which has EA, Nintendo, Playstation, and Ubisoft as its members, has reported a number of torrent sites to the US government, specifically highlighting popular site KickAss Torrents as the largest portal…
Lost UK Beagle 2 Probe Found on Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found the lost Beagle 2 probe – developed in the UK and launched on 2nd June 2003 – intact on the surface of Mars. Beagle 2 was set to make a…
This Sound System is Loud Enough To Kill
I’m betting most of you have had a moment in your life with a noisy neighbour, their music is too loud and all you want to do it tell them to STFU. It’s likely they only…
10 Years & 4 Billion Miles Later, Rosseta Spacecraft Arrives at Comet Today
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has spent the last decade on an epic journey from Earth to the deep reaches of space, in a bid to hunt down and study a comet in unprecedented detail.…
Coffee and Dessert Makes It’s Way to the ISS on ESA Resupply Ship
Now being aboard the ISS (International Space Station) must be an amazing privilege indeed, living way about the earth seeing everything that’s happening below. For the lucky few that get to live/work up there for a…
Quadcopter Style Drone May Offer Better Safe Landings for Mars Rovers
Quadcopters and drones are proving to be one of the most popular bits of technology of the last decade, and a team at the ESA are discovering that they’re not only great fun here on Earth,…

Replica Mini Mars Created Just Outside London by Airbus Defence
If you want to test a new rover for a mission on the red planet you’ve got two options. One would be to spend billions and fire your creation through space to Mars and put it…
European Space Agency Studying Potential Benefit of 3D Printing in Space
The lure of 3D printing technology in space is appealing, and the European Space Agency (ESA) is now studying implementing 3D-printed technology. The use of 3D printing could help reduce waste, so the ESA Clean Space initiative wants…
Billion-Pixel Gaia Space Telescope Snaps It’s First Picture
While the first image taken by the Gaia Space Telescope may not look incredible, it really is an incredible first step in what will be one of the most impressive technical achievements in space exploration. The…
Space Probe Rosetta Is Operational After Being In Hibernation For 4 Years
An artists impression of space probe Rosetta rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko The space probe launched by The European Space Agency or ESA has sent its first transmission back to earth after 3 years of hibernation from over 800 million…
Europe Launches Billion Dollar Telescope
An artists impression of the Gaia Telescope The ESA (European Space Agency) has successfully launched a highly advanced telescope into space, it’s mission will be to detect over a billion stars whilst providing the most detailed…
E3 Preview LIVE! Call of Duty Ghosts All Access
Are you ready for the Electronic Entertainment Expo also known as E3 in Los Angeles, California. E3 is presented by the Entertainment Software Association, an annual trade fair for the computer and video game industry. E3…