The CoRot spacecraft built to eavesdrop on the music of the stars and detect distant Earth-like planets, will be retired after a successful mission double as long as envisioned, French space agency CNES said Monday.
Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2013
1
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the launch of ESA's SMOS satellite on 2 November, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed that the instrument's three antenna arms have ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2009
0
0
Two satellites including one dedicated to monitoring the effects of climate change on vegetation were successfully launched into orbit late Tuesday, launch company Arianespace said.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2017
0
33
ESA, France's space agency CNES and the German aerospace centre DLR inaugurated the Airbus A310 ZERO-G refitted for altered gravity by running 12 scientific experiments this week.
Space Exploration
May 11, 2015
3
16
France's space agency on Thursday unveiled a revised proposal for an Ariane rocket ahead of a tough decision on launchers by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2014
0
0
Europe's final robot cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to dock on Tuesday, its manoeuvres webcast live from several angles, France's CNES space agency said on Monday.
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2014
0
0
It's your 150th day in space, and life is starting to resemble the movie "Groundhog Day"—a repetitive daily routine interspersed with tugs of longing for life back on Earth.
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2013
0
0
On Sunday, ESA's bedrest volunteers began lying down for their second three-week session with their heads angled below the horizontal to help research the effects of weightlessness on the human body.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2013
0
0
Almost unknown to the public, a constellation of satellite guardians is flying overhead, and all it takes is a phone call for them to intervene when a country is hit by a storm, earthquake, tsunami or flood.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2013
0
0
How much would you pay to emulate astronauts as they float weightlessly in space?
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2012
0
0
