European Space Agency

The Last Thing Comet Probe Rosetta Saw

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday September 29, 2017

Robotic comet explorer Rosetta sent home a last-gasp photo of her target's rocky facade before crashing into its surface to end a 12-year deep-space odyssey, ground controllers said Thursday.

Watch: Stunning Time-Lapse Of Northern Lights, As Seen From Space

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Tuesday September 26, 2017

European Space Agency's cameras onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have captured stunning images of the dazzling northern lights or the Aurora Borealis. The incredible time-lapse was taken as the ISS passed over Canada earlier this month.

For These People, Thriving Lunar Village Not Science Fiction Anymore

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday September 22, 2017

By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing in low-gravity, "flying" sports. To those who mock such talk as science fiction, experts such as Bernard Foing, ambassador of the European Space Agency-driven "Moon Village" scheme, reply the goal is ...

One Of The Biggest Icebergs In Recorded History Just Broke Loose From Antarctica

World News | Chris Mooney, The Washington Post | Wednesday July 12, 2017

Scientists announced Wednesday that a much anticipated break at the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica has occurred, unleashing a massive iceberg that is more than 2,200 square miles in area and weighs a trillion tons.

Europe's Galileo Satnav Identifies Problems Behind Failing Clocks

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 4, 2017

For months, the European Space Agency has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo.

NASA to Support ESA's Gravitational Wave Space Mission

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 23, 2017

ESA's Science Program Committee announced the selection of the three-spacecraft constellation LISA this week.

Europe's Galileo Satellite Navigation System to Get New Orbiters

Agence France-Presse | Friday June 23, 2017

European Space Agency signed a contract with a German-British consortium Thursday to build eight more satellites for its Galileo satnav system.

Mission To Discover Alien Life Given Green Light

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 22, 2017

A deep-space mission to discover habitable Earth-sized planets in other solar systems and detect extra-terrestrial life they may host has been given the go-ahead by the European Space Agency (ESA).

ESA's Mission to Map Dark Energy Gets Detectors From NASA

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 10, 2017

NASA has delivered three detector systems for the European Space Agency's upcoming Euclid mission that aims to study properties and effects of dark matter and dark energy.

European Space Agency's Mission To Map Dark Energy Gets Detectors From NASA

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 10, 2017

NASA has delivered three detector systems for the European Space Agency's upcoming Euclid mission that aims to study properties and effects of dark matter and dark energy.

Hubble Captures Massive Galaxy Cluster In Stunning Detail

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 6, 2017

The Hubble Telescope has beamed back a stunning image of a massive galaxy cluster located six billion light years away, which shows extremely faint features that have never been seen before.

As Earth Sees Growing Urbanisation, China-Europe In Talks To Settle Village On Moon

World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 30, 2017

China and Europe are planning to build the first-ever 'Moon Village' that could serve as a launching pad for deep space missions such as one to Mars, or even as a spot for space tourism and lunar mining.

1000s Of Tiny Satellites About To Go Into Space, Possibly Ruin It Forever

World News | Avi Selk, The Washington Post | Friday April 21, 2017

Halfway through the European Space Agency's new film, we're at the part where - if this were some happy space documentary from yesteryear - Carl Sagan might be giving us a tour of a distant galaxy.

Europe Launches Fourth Earth Monitoring Satellite

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 7, 2017

Europe launched a fourth satellite on Tuesday for its Copernicus Earth-monitoring project to track changes in forest cover and air pollution, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced.

European Space Agency To Help NASA Take Humans Beyond Moon

World News | Associated Press | Thursday February 9, 2017

The European Space Agency says it will contribute key components for a future NASA mission to take humans around the moon within the next few years.

Milky Way: Glimpses Of A 'Star Factory' At Work

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 4, 2017

The European Space Agency on Wednesday released stunning images of baby stars taking shape inside the Milky Way's Orion nebula.

Galileo, Europe's Rival to GPS Satnav System, Starts Service

Associated Press | Friday December 16, 2016

The Galileo system is designed to provide commercial and government customers with more precise location data than GPS.

Europe Okays $1.5 billion For Mars Rover, International Space Station: European Space Agency

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 2, 2016

Europe approved an extra 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) Friday to resuscitate a life-seeking Mars rover project and keep its place on the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency said.

ExoMars Space Programme Needs an Extra 400 Million Euros

Agence France-Presse | Saturday November 26, 2016

The aim of ExoMars is to seek evidence of life, past or present.

ESA's Schiaparelli Mars Lander Said to Have Crashed Due to Navigation System Failure

Reuters | Thursday November 24, 2016

ESA said the error stemmed from a momentary glitch in a device that measured how fast the spacecraft was spinning.

India Can Become A Big Player In Global Space Program: Author Stephen Petranek

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 3, 2016

India, which scripted history with its successful maiden Mars orbiter mission, has the potential to be a big player in the global space program and could even see its private sector develop its own SpaceX, award-winning author Stephen Petranek says.

NASA Completes Construction of James Webb Space Telescope

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday November 3, 2016

The $8.7 billion project is led by NASA but also supported by the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.

European Space Lander Left Crater On Surface Of Mars In Crash-Landing

World News | Reuters | Saturday October 29, 2016

Images taken by a NASA Mars orbiter indicate that Europe's ill-fated Mars lander left a small crater on the Red Planet's surface, backing up scientists' theory that the craft hit the ground at high speed.

Mars Lander Schiaparelli May Have Exploded On Impact, Suggest New NASA Images

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 22, 2016

European Space Agency's Mars lander may have exploded on impact with the red planet, scientists suggest after preliminary analysis of new images taken by a NASA probe.

Images Indicate European Mars Lander Destroyed: Space Agency

World News | Reuters | Friday October 21, 2016

Images taken by a NASA Mars orbiter indicate that a missing European space probe fell to the Red Planet's surface from a height of 2 to 4 kilometres (1.2 to 2.5 miles) and was destroyed on impact, the European Space Agency said on Friday.

Europe's Schiaparelli Mars lander: What Do We Know?

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 21, 2016

Some are holding out hope, but initial data suggests the craft, a test-run for a European-Russian Mars rover, ran into trouble.

Mars Lander Has Likely Crashed, Scientists Fear

World News | Sarah Kaplan, Rachel Feltman, The Washington Post | Friday October 21, 2016

A European and Russian robot that was supposed to touch down on Mars on Wednesday probably crashed during landing.

Schiaparelli Lander Reaches Mars Surface but Final Fate Uncertain

Reuters | Thursday October 20, 2016

Spacecrafts in Mars orbit relayed data of the lander's 6-minute descent, but the transmission stopped after that, leaving questions over what state the Schiaparelli probe was in.

We Don't Know If Mars Lander 'Survived': European Space Agency

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 20, 2016

Mission controllers were in the dark Thursday about the fate of a tiny European craft despatched to Mars as a trial run for a rover to follow in a quest for life on the Red Planet.

Anxious Wait For Mars Lander's Fate, Giant Pune Telescope Was Last To Receive Signal

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Thursday October 20, 2016

A mega Indian telescope bank near Pune received the last signal sent from an ambitious European Space Agency mission to put a lander on the planet Mars.