Two oral presentations about the EARS project – the spacecraft concept and its propulsion system – have been delivered at ASCEND-2024 in Las Vegas
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Preliminary test of the flexible heat shield in VKI Plasmatron facility
We present in this article the preliminary test under plasm of a candidate material to be used for the fabrication of the flexible heat shield.
The EARS project at the ESA 4S 2024 Symposium!
Several members of the EARS team have attended the 4S Symposium in Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
EARS Preliminary Design Review meeting at Deimos (Madrid)
On April 24th 2024 the Preliminary Design Review meeting of the EARS project was held at Deimos headquarters in Madrid.
First review meeting
The first review meeting took place on January, 25th 2024.
Second EARS progress meeting
On September 26th 2023 the second progress meeting of the EARS project was held at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics premises in Waterloo (Bruxelles).
Rocket engine with Hydrogen Peroxide closed-cycle cooled nozzle being tested in T4i facility
We present in this article a 400 N Hydrogen Peroxide and Kerosene green rocket engine under test in T4i facilities.
NASA manages recovery of the return capsule of the OSIRIS-REx mission
After collecting samples from the Bennu asteroid, OSIRIS-Rex probe released its return capsule, which landed in the Utah desert.
First EARS progress meeting
The first EARS project progress meeting was successfully held in Monselice at T4I premises on July 4th, 2023.
NASA TROPICS mission constellation complete
The last two CubeSat satellites of the TROPICS constellation have been launched.