Airbus and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract to build part of the US Orion spaceship, in a deal worth an estimated €390m (£310m).
The European Space Agency’s Philae lander has successfully touched down on comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko to become the first time humanity has landed a craft on a comet.
A prototype for the European Mars rover, dubbed Bryan by its creators, has been unveiled at the “Mars Yard” testing ground in Hertfordshire.
Gaia, the European Space Agency’s billion-star surveyor, blasted off this morning on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
At a time of much business debate around whether the UK should remain in the European Union (EU), there is one critical area being overlooked regarding the relationship – science.