Tag: ESA

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

ESA is thrilled to learn that gravitational waves have been detected, and is looking forward to starting its mission to test technologies that could extend the study of these exotic waves to space.

Technology image of the week: ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission would put down a micro-lander on its target body

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: investigating proxy atoms on the International Space Station in a discharge plasma tube

Asteroid Day, a global movement to increase knowledge and awareness of asteroids, announced its plans for 2016 from a press conference hosted at ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands and livestreamed around the world.

ESA’s Sentinel-3 Mission Manager Susanne Mecklenburg and Mission Scientist Craig Donlon join the show to tell us more about the Sentinel-3A satellite and its mission

Antarctica is surrounded by huge ice shelves. New research, which includes using data from satellites such as ESA’s heritage Envisat, has revealed that there is a critical point where these shelves act as a safety band, holding back the ice that flows towards the sea. If lost, it could be the point of no return.

Watch the live press conference unveiling Asteroid Day 2016’s events and partners from 1500 CET (1400 UTC) on Tuesday, 9 February

Watch a replay of the press conference announcing Asteroid Day 2016

Space Science Image of the Week: Small moonlets within Saturn’s rings disrupt their surroundings and leave telltale trails, such as these spied by Cassini

A start-up company from ESA’s business incubator in Flanders is helping to keep Belgian researchers safe in Antarctica

ESA inaugurated a new tracking dish in Australia yesterday, marking a significant step in the Agency’s worldwide satcom network.

Moments after Sentinel-3A separates from its rocket, a team of European mission control specialists will assume control, shepherding the new spacecraft through its critical first days in space.