Come with us to the land of launchers …
Our daily lives are full of benefits brought to us by satellite – TV, telecommunications, weather forecasts, satnav … Can you imagine how we would manage without them? All these things are based on...
View ArticleThe sun and us
Man has always known that without the sun there would be no life on Earth, and while science may have ‘de-mythologised’ the sun it has certainly not diminished our awe of it. The more we learn, the...
View ArticleATV-2: just extraordinary!
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is not only the biggest, most complex spacecraft ever developed and built in Europe, but is also the first vehicle in the world designed to execute rendez-vous and...
View Article50 years of manned spaceflight
50 years of enthusiasm for technology that has enabled mankind to make an incredible quantum leap: since Yuri Gagarin’s brief but momentous voyage beyond the confines of the Earth’s atmosphere several...
View ArticleLiving in space
Human beings beyond the confines of the Earth’s atmosphereYuri Gagarin’s mission proved that humans could survive the rigours of spaceflight – the strong forces of acceleration and deceleration during...
View ArticleDossier - Telecommunications
Telecommunications today increasingly travel via space._ kitd.html5loader("flash_kplayer_41128dced3fs");Connecting us with the other side of the world or next-door, satellite communications have...
View ArticleDossier: Planet Earth – Handle with care
The technological advances that have allowed us to grow and manage crops, construct cities and infrastructures, and exploit the geological wealth of the Earth on an ever greater scale have also given...
View ArticleEnvisat: 10 years of climate and environmental research
The successful operation of the Envisat satellite over the last decade has played a decisive role in improving our understanding of climate change, monitoring global and regional changes in our planet...
View ArticleATV-3 Edoardo’s support service for the ISS
The ATV, designed and built by Astrium, is the most intelligent space robot flying today. The ATV ‘Edoardo Amaldi’ is the third unmanned European freight spacecraft for the International Space Station...
View ArticleDossier MetOp: the all-weather satellite
The weather may not have been improved by the advent of satellites, but the forecasts certainly have! Millions of people all over the world rely on weather forecasts every day. For some, they answer...
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