Europe mulls human launch system
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Industrial groups in Europe are about to look in detail at ideas for a new launch system to put humans in space.
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The European Union is seeking comments on the possible uses of its planned Galileo satellite navigation system, which is being developed at a cost of about $4.8 billion to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System.
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The European Space Agency says its first Automated Transfer Vehicle, called the Jules Verne, will be ready for launch early next year.
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European launchers have come to be associated with French Guiana - powerful large rockets that lift-off from the steamy-hot equatorial base at Kourou.
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Iran's announcement that it launched a research rocket has called new attention to a space program that Tehran says is peaceful but which some fear aims to produce long-range ballistic missiles that could reach Europe or the United States
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Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, key players in the global space industry were to meet here from Monday to seek new ways to benefit humanity through space exploration.
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HOUSTON &#x2014; Astronauts deliver Europe's first manned space lab to the International Space Station (ISS) today, though with a different lineup than originally planned.
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Europe hopes finally to get its space station laboratory, Columbus, into orbit this Thursday.
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Europe's Huygens spacecraft is set to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan.
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The European Space Agency says it will have a news conference to highlight present and future European human spaceflight missions.  The Friday news conference will be at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany.
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Already a leading launch area for scientific balloons in northern Europe, operations at Sweden's Esrange launch facility will expand next year with NASA's decision to use it for launches of its largest ...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union is seeking comments on the possible uses of its planned Galileo satellite navigation system, which is being developed at a cost of about $4.8 billion to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System.
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A European spacecraft has started a journey into the unknown as scientists prepare to land on Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan. The Huygens probe was expected to separate from its mothership, Cassini, at about
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By Brian McIver THE world's superpowers have always dominated the space race. But with companies and agencies all rushing to attract tourists and commercial passengers to the heavens, Europe and Britain are now leading the way.
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Scientists from across the United Kingdom met in London last week to consider exploring space by the use of compact, low-cost satellites. U.K.
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ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission.To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the last gigantic challenges.
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The European Space Agency is joining the Japanese-led Solar-B mission that is to lift off Saturday from Japan to study the solar atmosphere.  The satellite will be placed into a polar orbit synchronized with the Earth's revolution around the sun.