Final Call for Entries for €1m European Sat Nav Ideas Competition
A final call is being issued today for business, students and entrepreneurs to submit ideas for new opportunities in the €100 billion satellite services market, compete for local Region Prizes and win the overall title of
Rosetta Mission inspires Music of the ‘Rubber Duck’
The Music of the Spheres is an ancient idea that there is a kind of universal music which is related to the movement of heavenly bodies like the Sun, the Moon and the planets. And although it
ESA Celebrates First Anniversary of Rosetta’s Awakening; More to Come in 2015
[youtube]http://youtu.be/UqcDtRmJbKY[/youtube] At 10am GMT on the 20 January 2014, an 'alarm clock' went off on board a tiny spaceship, more than 800 million kilometres from Earth. The European Space Agency's craft Rosetta began restarting its systems after a
Rosetta Scientist to give Astronomy Ireland New Year Lecture Tonight
The gripping story of the Rosetta mission's rendezvous with and landing on Comet 67P was one of the big science stories of 2014. Now as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Astronomy Ireland is marking the new year with a lecture
Limerick Company Arralis Wins European Space Agency Contract
The European Space Agency has awarded a significant contract to Arralis, a technology company servicing the aerospace and security sector founded and based in Limerick. Arralis designs and manufactures high frequency semiconductor chips, modules and antennas
Irish Schools Compete to Design a Satellite in a Can
How big is a satellite? Well it doesn't need to be any bigger than a drink can, according to the organisers of a competition for Irish schools, launched today by former NASA astronaut Greg Johnson. Colonel Johnson is President and
