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Tag: ESA

  • Can’t stop me now: Tim set for Principia launch

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and cosmonaut commander Yuri Malenchenko will leave our planet for the International Space Station 15 December at 11:03 GMT, marking the start of Tim Peake’s Principia mission.

  • Talking climate


    Discover more about the importance of ocean colour as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world

  • Signed and sealed


    ESA and Airbus Defence & Space celebrate the industrial contract for building the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice

  • Talking climate


    Discover more about the importance of aerosols as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world

  • CubeSat calling


    Technology image of the week: radio testing of the world’s first CubeSat designed for atmospheric reentry

  • EDRS-A and its laser are ready to fly

    After a year-long wait in storage for a Proton rocket to become available, the EDRS-A laser communications payload and its Eutelsat host satellite are finally at the Baikonur cosmodrome and being prepared for launch in late January.

  • Talking climate


    Discover more about the importance of soil moisture as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world

  • Launch positions


    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA astronaut Tim Peake tries out his pressure suit and seat for 15 December launch

  • Robot arm simulates close approach of ESA’s asteroid mission

    The final approach to an asteroid has been practised for ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission using a real spacecraft camera mounted on a robot arm.

  • Galileo taking shape


    A new video shows Galileos 11 and 12 being readied for their 17 December launch, concluding a year when the number of satellites in orbit will have doubled

  • Talking climate


    Discover more about the importance of sea level as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world

  • Artificial eclipse


    Space Science Image of the Week: SOHO is still going strong after two decades in space, sending back impressive images of the Sun and its varying bursts of activity

  • Talking climate


    Discover more about the importance of glaciers as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world