News Release • April 20, 2009
Due to an anomaly discovered during tests on a subassembly identical to the one on the Ariane 5 launcher, Arianespace has decided to carry out additional checks which will take a few days.
News Release • April 8, 2009
With the additional checks related to the flight worthiness of the Herschel telescope now completed, ESA and Arianespace have set the launch date of Herschel and Planck for 6 May 2009.
News Release • February 9, 2009
ESA's Herschel and Planck missions have successfully completed their test campaigns in Europe and will be soon transported to Europe's spaceport at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guyana.
News Release • October 15, 2001
Giant telescopes with primary mirrors of 8 metres in diameter are now common on the ground, but it will take a while before they can jump into space.
News Release • December 22, 2000
In science, new answers often trigger new questions. And in astronomy, new questions often mean new instruments.
News Release • December 14, 2000
ESA's 'Herschel Space Observatory' will find out the nature of the first galaxies