Category: News

Operations image of the week: A happy mission control team at ESA just after ExoMars completed its first deep-space engine firing en route to the Red Planet

Following a lengthy firing of its powerful engine this morning, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is on track to arrive at the Red Planet in October.

The Sentinel-3A satellite recently caught this image of a dust storm blowing east across the Red Sea

Technology image of the week: a docking ring for joining ESA’s ATV space truck to the International Space Station goes on show at ESA’s technical heart

Trying to measure sea levels around rugged coastlines is not always an easy task. ESA’s CryoSat satellite is making a difference with its radar altimeter.

Tales from the Materials and Electrical Component Lab: this video covers the selection of materials for ESA’s mission around the innermost planet

Space science image of the week: Hadley Rille could be an ancient channel that once carried lava across the Moon

Our week through the lens:
18-22 July 2016

Earth observation image of the week: Tonga’s Tongatapu island in the southern Pacific Ocean

Join us on 26 July for a Google hangout with updates and Q&A with ESA experts and scientists focusing on the crucial milestones during the spacecraft’s seven-month cruise to the Red Planet

This year, NASA’s underwater training mission for astronauts promises to be longer and better than ever. Starting on 21 July, space agencies will test technologies and research international crew behaviour for long-duration missions using a permanent underwater base off the coast of Florida.

Operations image of the week: ESA is using quasars – some of the Universe’s most enigmatic objects – to perform ultraprecise navigation for ExoMars

Technology image of the week: shaker testing of a radiator panel to ensure hard-working telecommunication satellites keep their cool in space