Space science news

Tag: ESA

  • Puzzle of Utah


    Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Utah in the US, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

  • Encapsulating ExoMars


    The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft are now sealed inside the rocket fairing ahead of launch on 14 March

  • Mars stack


    Operations image of the week: After being offline for several months, the low-resolution webcam on Mars Express has delivered a new set of Red Planet images

  • Sentinel-3A timelapse


    Relive the final stages of the launch campaign of the latest Copernicus Sentinel satellite with this three-minute timelapse video

  • Sentinel-3A first images


    Just two weeks after launch, the latest Sentinel has offered a taster of what it will provide for the EU’s Copernicus programme

  • Let's make some noise


    Technology image of the week: a giant sound horn feeding into ESA’s acoustic test chamber

  • Images at lightspeed


    The SpaceDataHighway precursor has helped raw data travel from space to ground and be processed into an image of the Brazilian coast in a record-breaking 13 minutes

  • Orion’s wings


    Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Spreading Orion’s wings – unfurling the solar array on the European Service Module

  • Let the science begin


    After weeks of engineering tests, the LISA Pathfinder science team is ready to start work, demonstrating key technologies to observe gravitational waves from space

  • Earth from Space


    Anssi Pekkarinen from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization joins the Earth from Space video programme to discuss managing forests with satellite data

  • Call for Media: The next flight to Mars is departing soon

    The ExoMars 2016 mission is planned for launch at 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET) on 14 March from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Representatives of traditional and social media are invited to apply for accreditation to attend a day-long event at ESA’s control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

  • Scenery shapers


    Space science image of the week: Tectonic activity and strong winds shape scenery on Mars

  • Keeping transport systems on track

    Operators of UK transport networks are the first who are set to benefit from Live Land, a satellite-based land monitoring system developed through ESA.