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Now playing Next Mobility How Europe is planning to send the first woman to the Moon The ESA-NASA collaboration will develop a vital part of the Orion spacecraft which will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. 21/10/2021
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Now playing Next Mobility The Robotic Arm is the latest space engineering project at the ESA A new robotic arm will soon arrive at the Russian part of the International Space Station to help astronauts with maintenance and the transportation of things. 09/07/2021
Now playing Next Eco-Innovation Oxygen has been created on Mars for the first time in space history What could this fascinating breakthrough mean for the future of human space habitation? 26/04/2021
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Now playing Next Eco-Innovation This groundbreaking rocket uses carbon neutral biofuel The bio-derived fuel was created using a renewable ingredient commonly found on farms. 01/02/2021
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Now playing Next Next Series #AskSpace: When will humans reach Mars? #AskSpace: When will humans reach Mars? Manish Patel, a planetary scientist and member of the ExoMars science team from The Open University gives his view. 23/11/2018
Now playing Next Next Series BepiColombo sets off to solve the mysteries of Mercury Mercury is a misfit in the solar system, an intriguing planet that science can't quite explain. The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission is setting off to explore the closest planet to the Sun in unprecedented detail. 19/10/2018
Now playing Next World Meet Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi, two super smart UAE siblings Emirati brother and sister Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi are two of the UAE’s child prodigies. At just fourteen-years-old, Adeeb, who was named this year as one of world’s smartest teenagers, has already applied for seven scientific patents. 28/09/2018
Now playing Next World The UAE launches its first NASA space camp for young scientists The UAE is aiming to become a world leader in space technology by 2021 and the country is investing heavily in its young scientists. 28/09/2018
Now playing Next Next Series #AskSpace: What's the latest on rocket re-usability and are there alternatives to combustion? #AskSpace: Is Europe introducing the concept of re-usability in its space rockets? What alternatives are there to combustion? We get the answers from ESA expert Giorgio Tumino. 20/07/2018
Now playing Next Next Series Love and rockets: Inside Italy's Vega launcher factory Euronews was granted a rare chance to film inside the Vega rocket factory in Italy where the next generation of ESA launchers, like the Vega C, are crafted with love from carbon fibre. 20/07/2018
Now playing Next no comment Japanese rocket crashed to the ground after 4 secs Firefighters say the area within a 600 metre radius of the launch site had been cordoned off fortunately, so there were no injuries. 30/06/2018
Now playing Next Next Series #AskSpace: How much space junk is there actually out there? And the amount of space debris is not the only thing that matters. What can be done with it? Is recycling possible? 18/05/2018
Now playing Next USA John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years. 07/01/2018
Now playing Next Next Series Race to build Ariane 6 rocket launch pad The space race to build the new Ariane 6 rocket pad in French Guiana is underway. 14/12/2017