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A History of Launch Failures: “Not Because They are Easy, but Because They are Hard”
Over the 50-plus years since President John F. Kennedy’s Rice University speech, spaceflight has proven to be hard. It doesn't…
9 years ago
ESA Marks 50 Years of Cooperative Space Innovation
In 1964 the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) were founded, on February 29 and March…
10 years ago
Heavy-Lift Rocket Launch Seen from Space
We all know what a big rocket launch looks like from the ground, but this is what it looks like…
10 years ago
First-Ever Video of an ATV Vehicle Into Orbit!
Yesterday, June 5, the European Space Agency launched their ATV-4 Albert Einstein cargo vessel from their spaceport in French Guiana.…
11 years ago
New Plans for ESA’s Experimental Re-entry Vehicle
[/caption] ESA and Arianespace have signed a contract planning the launch of ESA’s new IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle) on Europe’s…
12 years ago