Category: News

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Weightlessness inspiring new fashion designers with Couture in Orbit

Europe now has 14 Galileo navigation satellites in orbit after its latest launch success

Full replay of the first part of the launch coverage of Europe’s thirteen and fourteen Galileo satellites

Europe’s 13th and 14th Galileo satellites lifted off by Soyuz on 08:48 GMT – watch replay here

An ESA-backed start-up company is working with fashion students to incorporate energy-harvesting devices in new space-inspired high-fashion designs. The results will be unveiled on a catwalk at the London Science Museum on 25 May.

Mysterious high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere on a handful of occasions may be linked to space weather, say Mars Express scientists.

Space science image of the week: An infrared view inside a distant star nursery has revealed a surprising amount of structure in the cloud

Follow the launch of Europe’s 13th and 14 Galileo satellites on Tuesday 24 May, live from 10:28 CEST

Our week through the lens:
16-20 May 2016

The Sentinel-1A radar satellite has detected a potential oil slick in the eastern Mediterranean Sea – in the same area where EgyptAir flight MS804 disappeared early yesterday morning on its way from Paris to Cairo.

A team of European mission control experts will be watching closely next week when two Galileo satellites are boosted into space, ready to shepherd the craft through the first critical days in orbit.

Earth observation image of the week: A Sentinel-2A image of the Rub’ al Khali desert

Sentinel-2A is demonstrating how it can be used to help forecast ocean waves around our coasts: sunlight reflected from the water surface reveals complex waves as they encounter the coastline and seafloor off the tip of Dorre Island, Western Australia.