Video game revenue in 2018 reached a new peak of $43.8 billion, up 18 percent from the previous years, surpassing the projected total global box office for the film industry, according to new data released by the Entertainment Software Association and The NPD Group. Preliminary indicators for global box office revenues published at the end […]
View More Video game revenue tops $43 billion in 2018, an 18% jump from 2017Category: esa
Rolling, hopping robots explore Earthly analogs of distant planets
Before we send any planet-trotting robot to explore the landscape of Mars or Venus, we need to test it here on Earth. Two such robotic platforms being developed for future missions are undergoing testing at European Space Agency facilities: one that rolls, and one that hops.
View More Rolling, hopping robots explore Earthly analogs of distant planetsLet’s take off with the European Space Agency at Disrupt Berlin
A few years ago, nobody would have bet that space exploration would become so exciting again. But everybody is talking about space again, from Mars to satellites, launchers and observation. That’s why we invited Frank Salzgeber from the European Space Agency to talk at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. The European Space Agency needs little introduction. It […]
View More Let’s take off with the European Space Agency at Disrupt BerlinWatch BepiColombo’s twin spacecraft launch tonight on a mission to Mercury
Humanity is about to return to the hottest planet in the solar system. BepiColombo is a mission to Mercury conducted jointly by the European and Japanese space agencies, due to launch in just a few hours aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. But while there’s just the one launch, there are two spacecraft.
View More Watch BepiColombo’s twin spacecraft launch tonight on a mission to MercuryWatch the launch of ESA’s Aeolus mission to map Earth’s winds with lasers
An ESA mission 20 years in the making is set to take off today, launching the first satellite to monitor the planet’s winds directly — and using a giant laser, at that. Aeolus takes off from French Guiana at nearly midnight there, about 2:20 PM Pacific time, and you can watch the launch live here.
View More Watch the launch of ESA’s Aeolus mission to map Earth’s winds with lasersDescartes Labs launches its geospatial analysis platform
Descartes Labs, a New Mexico-based geospatial analytics startup, today announced that its platform is now out of beta. The well-funded company already allowed businesses to analyze satellite imagery it pulls in from NASA and ESA and build predictive models based on this data, but starting today, it is adding both weather data to its library, as […]
View More Descartes Labs launches its geospatial analysis platformAs UK fires-up private space industry, Space Camp Accelerator launches
The UK government recently passed the Space Industry Bill, covering the basics like spaceflight licensing, insurance requirements and safety commitments. It didn’t make much of a splash when it was announced, but it’s a huge move for the UK as it laid the regulatory groundwork that will be needed to create an operational spaceport, potentially […]
View More As UK fires-up private space industry, Space Camp Accelerator launches