Space research

All nations have a right to explore space but to date it’s been a privilege for rich countries. Now, satellites are becoming so cheap they are within the reach of start-ups and university students

If successful, the project will reduce the cost of putting satellites into low Earth orbit

Sentinel-2A will orbit the planet beaming back images of food crops, forests, coastal waters and natural disasters

Sentinel-2A, part of the EU’s Copernicus programme, will provide unprecedented images of Earth

Think of it as the ultimate hitchhiking opportunity: ESA is offering CubeSats a ride to a pair of asteroids in deep space.

The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet.

Space industry gets further boost as it basks in the rosy glow of Rosetta