Tag: ESA

If you have a smart idea for a novel application using Europe’s Galileo satnav system, here’s your chance to turn it into a business

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Umberto Guidoni, the first European to visit the International Space Station

With rigorous training complete, satellite operations teams are ready to assume control of Sentinel-1B – and for any problems that might come along.

ESA’s Sentinel-1 Mission Manager Pierre Potin joins the show to discuss the radar vision mission for Copernicus

Europe’s Sentinel-1A satellite has shown that the Mekong River Delta – one of the world’s major rice-growing areas – saw a significant drop in productivity over the past year, illustrating the effect of El Niño on food security.

Our week through the lens:
11-15 April 2016

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A image of Ireland, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

The international Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from outside our Solar System.

Operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space tracking station in Argentina seen while relaying signals from Philae in 2014

Multiple satellites, including Europe’s Sentinels, have captured images of two large icebergs that broke away from Antarctica’s Nansen ice shelf on 7 April.

Technology image of the week: Clean Space’s new board game helps educate engineers about the environmental impacts of space missions

The ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars spacecraft are in excellent health following launch last month, with the orbiter sending back its first test image of a starry view taken en route to the Red Planet.