Our week through the lens:
8 – 12 October 2018
Author: jappe
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Practising for BepiColombo’s epic escape to Mercury
The international BepiColombo spacecraft will soon take flight, on a complex journey to the innermost planet of the Solar System, Mercury. Encompassing nine planetary flybys and travelling a total distance of nine billion km over a period of seven years, this will be one of the most intricate journeys ever flown by mission teams at ESA’s ESOC mission control centre.
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Earth from Space
In this edition, Sentinel-2 takes us over the youngest country in the world: South Sudan -
South Sudan
Earth observation image of the week: the Sentinel-2B satellite takes us over South Sudan -
Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur
Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, right. embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport.
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Argentina ascends
Operations image of the week: the spectacular launch of Argentina’s Earth observation satellite, with a little help from ESA, shows how collaboration is of growing importance to the success of space missions -
The Space Station Transits Our Sun
This composite image shows the International Space Station, with a crew of three onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.
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Trip to Mars
Technology image of the week: ESA Open Day visitors at the Agency’s ‘Mars Yard’, to view a replica of Europe’s ExoMars 2020 rover -
Oil spill spread
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission returns images showing how oil is spreading in the Mediterranean Sea following a collision between two ships -
Life support
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Alexander Gerst installing ESA’s next-generation life-support system on the Space Station -
Soyuz Rolls to the Pad for Next Launch to the Space Station
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, for the Expedition 57 launch.
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Joining forces
Follow the Global Space Economic Forum on 10 October live from ESA’s Technology centre in the Netherlands when space and industry experts will meet to discuss global challenges and potential partnerships -
Final assembly
BepiColombo experts describe the mission to Mercury as the three spacecraft modules are assembled in launch configuration