BepiColombo Spacecraft Snaps Its First Selfie From Space on Its Way to Mercury
The image was shared by the European Space Agency (ESA) this weekend, capturing parts of BepiColombo before peering out into the dark abyss.
The image was shared by the European Space Agency (ESA) this weekend, capturing parts of BepiColombo before peering out into the dark abyss.
Airbus, which is actually building the rover, has set up a page on its website for entries, but don’t bother trying to be clever with Marsy McMarsface or Spacey McSpaceface.
We can blame the satellites after all
Nine clocks across the 18 Galileo satellites in orbit have suddenly stopped working.
New 3D modelling analysis shows that the lander’s failure to communicate with the Earth was likely due to a single jammed solar panel.
If you haven’t been tracking this spacecraft’s movements as obsessively as we have, we're here to help.
In just seven days, the Rosetta spacecraft will smash into Comet 67P. A new visualisation shows how it’ll go down.
This is the largest 3D map of the galaxy, and it features over a billion stars. Read More >>
Life on Mars 67P?
In October, the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission will land the Schiaparelli rover on the Red Planet. Here’s why researchers chose this particular area.
Set yourself a reminder for September 30th.
Here's a 3D tour of the ISS for those of who wish we could (but sadly can't) wish we could go and visit. Read More >>
According to the ESA, the probe found that comet 67P is home to basic components of life, including phosphorus and the amino acid glycine.
It's actually in the Netherlands, and it’s also where the European Space Agency is rearing its robotic rovers.
It's been one year since the Philae Lander bounced, spun, and tumbled across the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
This looks like it could be the latest rover to land on the surface of Mars. But in fact it’s a test of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission happening right here on Earth. Read more >>
