The ExoMars mission, postponed in 2020 because of the pandemic and technical issues, may miss its window to launch this year because of sanctions imposed against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
Tag: European Space Agency
A Divided World United to Launch the James Webb Space Telescope
“I’ve always seen space as an area where we cooperate, through all the trying times,” said a professor who oversaw mission control for the global effort to launch a $10 billion telescope into space.
What to Name a Bunch of Black Holes? You Had Some Ideas.
Recently, astronomers asked aloud which plural term would best suit the most enigmatic entity in the cosmos. The responses were plentiful.
Europe Wants to Diversify Its Pool of Astronauts
In its first hiring drive in over a decade, the continent’s space agency is looking to recruit disabled people and more women.
Missions to Venus: Highlights From History, and When We May Go Back
Much visited in an earlier era of space exploration, the planet has been overlooked in recent decades.
Europe Billed Its Answer to GPS as More Robust. It’s Been Mostly Down for Days.
The European Union sees the service as a way to end the bloc’s reliance on GPS, which the American military controls.
Trilobites: Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Is a Graveyard of Dead Continents
Data from a European satellite has revealed the tectonic underworld below the frozen southernmost continent.