ACES finds its home in orbit

The ACES project, built by Airbus, has been launched into the ISS. ESA plans to review the theory of relativity and revolutionize time measurement.

ACES finds its home in orbit

The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station, marking the start of a new chapter in space-based precision science.