Dossiers

A galaxy of in-depth space information.
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    Environment, Earth Observation & Climate
    The technological advances that have allowed us to grow and manage crops, construct cities and infrastructures, and exploit the geological wealth of…Read more
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    Telecommunications & Secure Communications
    Telecommunications today increasingly travel via space.Read more
  • eva
    Human spaceflight, ISS & Gravity
    Human beings beyond the confines of the Earth’s atmosphereRead more
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    Human spaceflight & Manned flight
    50 years of enthusiasm for technology that has enabled mankind to make an incredible quantum leap: since Yuri Gagarin’s brief but momentous voyage…Read more
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    ATV & ISS
    The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is not only the biggest, most complex spacecraft ever developed and built in Europe, but is also the first…Read more
  • soho_red
    Soho & Solar system
    Man has always known that without the sun there would be no life on Earth, and while science may have ‘de-mythologised’ the sun it has certainly…Read more
  • ariane
    Ariane 5 & Launcher
    Our daily lives are full of benefits brought to us by satellite – TV, telecommunications, weather forecasts, satnav … Can you imagine how we…Read more
  • spacelab_view_earth
    Human spaceflight & Columbus
    Two missions flown in 1985 and 1993, code-named D-1 and D-2, were almost exclusively German in origin, with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in…Read more
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    ISS & International Space Station
    Man in space: this ultimate adventure has been a source of dreams for generations. Today, following in the successful footsteps of Russia’s Mir…Read more
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    Space plane, Future & Space
    Experiencing the thrill of zero gravity, soaring to over 100 km on a suborbital flight at speeds of over 3,000 km per hour could soon be…Read more