Category: Planets, Stars & Universe

With the Partnerships for Space Instruments & Applications Preparatory Programme, the Netherlands is supporting technological breakthroughs and scientific cooperation in space research. The ‘Partnership for Space Instruments for Interferometry in Space’ is building telescopes that should earn the Netherlands a new Nobel Prize. Mark Bentum and Chris Verhoeven dream big. Bentum is professor of radio science … Continued

ESA’s new space probe JUICE – which stands for Jupiter Icy moons Explorer – will be tested this month at the ESTEC testing centre in Noordwijk. The Netherlands is responsible for powering JUICE with solar panels developed by Airbus in Leiden. Our country is also involved in the mission on a scientific level. Scientists and … Continued