On 27 March 2025, Gaia's control team at ESA's European Space Operations Center carefully switched off the spacecraft's subsystems and sent it into a "retirement orbit" around the sun. Though the ...

As part of its retirement plan, scientists deactivated its instruments and subsystems one at a time. The team then "deliberately corrupted" its onboard software to make sure it "will never restart ...

Within these facilities, small spacecraft (up to 100 kg) can be tested and verified typically via hardware-in-the-loop methods. Subsystems, including communications, systems, attitude determination ...

Meteor is a mission-configurable propulsive ESPA Grande-class bus, designed with seven decades of Moog experience in ...

Students will 1) learn the fundamentals of key subsystems involved in a space flight mission and 2) apply their skills of inquiry, research, critical thinking to design a complete space science ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy. On 27 March ...

Meteor is a mission-configurable propulsive ESPA Grande-class bus, designed with seven decades of Moog experience in flight-proven spacecraft components, subsystems, and systems. Its modular and ...