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Airbus built ExoMars rover gets its eyes

August 20th, 2019 Posted in News
20 August 2019 – One of the key instruments on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars rover, the Panoramic Camera (PanCam) has been fitted and integrated in the Airbus bio-burden cleanroom in Stevenage. Designed and built by University College ...
Space School UK 30th Anniversary

Space School celebrates 30 years since launch

August 1st, 2019 Posted in Article
1 August 2019 – Space School UK is celebrating its 30th anniversary in July 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landings. Space School UK is a residential summer school, held at the University of Leicester, for young p...
SMILE mission

Airbus brings a SMILE to ESA

July 30th, 2019 Posted in News
30 July 2019 – Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European S...
JUICE satellite

JUICE starts its journey… on Earth

July 25th, 2019 Posted in News
25 July 2019 – Airbus Defence and Space has completed the first step in the construction of the inner structure of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE satellite. This is the beginning of its Earthly journey through different Airbus sites in Eu...