Accra, May 25, GNA - SatADSL, a Belgium-based satellite service operator, will unveil its products and services aimed at boosting operations of financial institutions and SMEs in remote areas in...

NASA said it has received 400 mission concepts from scientists and engineers for a future Mars mission. Scientists and engineers submitted their ideas to the Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration Workshop in Houston.

The conventional wisdom of space exploration suggests that robotic probes are both more scientifically efficient and cost effective. Not so, argues a professor of planetary science.

Researchers at Stratchclyde University have already tested equipment in space for solar panels to collect the energy and allow it to be transferred back to earth through microwaves or lasers.

15 May 2012 Last updated at 19:07 ET By Kenneth Macdonald BBC Scotland Special Correspondent The researchers want to put a solar power station in space - where the sun shines all the time There's always the Sun. It burns...

Future astronauts working on the Red Planet’s surface risk general changes in health at the DNA level because of increased radiation exposure, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday.

27 April 2012 Last updated at 06:52 ET The pre-cooler demonstration is a major step in proving the Skylon concept UK engineers have begun critical tests on a new engine technology designed to lift a spaceplane into orbit. The...

The mission will be one of the ambitious missions discussed at a meeting to celebrate Britain's 50 years in...

We’ve just created a whole new blog to describe the art we are creating for the Elevators in Space – both the new Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure, and our decade long effort for the Terrestrial Space Elevator. And today we...

Ninety-nine percent of what we know about the solar system came to us from unmanned probes. There can be no argument about comparative value of sending humans to other worlds, at least from a scientific perspective, because our...

In its budget submitted to Congress Feb. 13, the Obama administration zeroed out funding for NASA's future Mars exploration missions. The Mars Science Lab Curiosity is en route to the red planet, and the nearly completed small...

A new study claims lasers would be more effective than bombs in vaporising an unwanted asteroid. By Robin...

Interest in materials known as rare earth elements surged when China temporarily blocked exports in 2010. Manufacturers started looking everywhere for new supplies of gadolinium and terbium and other elements used in...

Ariadna Calls for Proposals The Calls for Proposals consist of announcements of specific assessment studies, in which the topic of research and tasks to be performed have been previously defined by ESA's Advanced Concepts Team...