Posted on Thursday June 15th, 2023 by Laura
Have you ever wondered how researchers test space equipment or conduct experiments in low gravity conditions before going to space? One way to achieve this is through parabolic flights, which offer short periods of reduced gravity. These flights started as a way to train astronauts, but now are mainly used for scientific experiments and testing new technologies.
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Posted on Tuesday June 6th, 2023 by julien
A critical design review occurred in April for the communications antenna ESA is supplying for NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) on the Gateway. Time to catch up with ESA’s Esprit project lead Luca Stagnaro on this milestone. Luca is responsible for both elements that make up Esprit, the Esprit HALO lunar communications system (known […]
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Posted on Wednesday May 17th, 2023 by Laura
A team of students and researchers are using virtual reality (VR) to bring ESA’s Argonaut lunar lander concept to life at the European Astronaut Centre. Argonaut is a lunar lander that will deliver scientific instruments and cargo to the Moon at the end of this decade. Interns and scientists involved in the simulations are part of ESA’s Extended Reality (XR) laboratory, German Aerospace Centre DLR and the Spaceship EAC initiative.
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