The latest MARSBalloon mission has safely returned to Earth and Dr Claire Parfitt hopes that, for the schoolchildren who took part, this will launch their love for space.
Thales Alenia Space is prime contractor for the Sentinel-1 and -3 missions (each including 2 satellites), and also provides the ground segment on the second mission, and two instruments for Sentinel-6.
Since the late 1990s, Green IT has raised its profile, and sustainable ICT[2] is now a key component of the sustainable development strategies of organisations everywhere.
Today is National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) and to celebrate the occasion, Transport for London (TfL) has set a new world record for the most people performing a jumping high-five simultaneously!
Three satellites dedicated to the climate and the environment will be launched this year, all built by Thales Alenia Space: MSG-4, Jason-3 and Sentinel 3A.
Dawn Ohlson, UK Business Engineering Director and UK Head of Systems Engineering, has been recognised by the First Women Awards for a string of firsts...
The Jason-3 operational oceanographic satellite left Thales Alenia Space's Cannes plant on June 17th 2015 and arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base space center in California on June 18th.
ExoMars is a space exploration program that aims to discover any traces of Life on Mars. Thales Alenia Space is prime contractor on the ExoMars missions, that will generate a mother lode of data, feeding researchers for many years to come!
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