Discovery and Preparation

Enabling & Support 30/10/2023 1042 views 37 likes As we look ahead to long-term space missions, one of the big challenges is figuring out how to provide healthy and sustainable food for…

Enabling & Support 18/10/2023 747 views 17 likes Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) offers attractive opportunities for space applications. ESA is calling for novel ideas to advance our…

Enabling & Support 02/05/2023 1109 views 12 likes Despite the rain trickling down the windows, the atmosphere in this room is bright. Twelve teams are gathered in ESA's ESTEC technology…

Enabling & Support 09/01/2023 25 views 1 likes We all know the saying that there is strength in numbers. The next revolution in space technology could be the use of swarms of tiny…

Enabling & Support 02/11/2022 714 views 34 likes For decades, satellites have been instrumental in monitoring our changing climate and improving our understanding of the processes that…

Enabling & Support 27/10/2022 20 views 1 likes Whether sending European spacecraft to distant frontiers, studying our home planet in greater detail than ever before, or designing new…

Enabling & Support 07/09/2022 38 views 2 likes Using novel plasma reactors, researchers have shown that it is possible to extract key ingredients from Mars' carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere…

Enabling & Support 22/06/2022 451 views 37 likes Virtual and augmented reality have increasingly been used for fun over the past few years. But in science fiction, these 'extended reality'…

Enabling & Support 12/05/2022 243 views 6 likes Could we capitalise on the Earth-based digital revolution to make our satellites smarter?ESA Discovery is funding 12 projects that will…

Enabling & Support 31/03/2022 764 views 31 likes Cultured meat could be a game changer for the environment, food security, human health and animal welfare. But some challenges prevent it…