Space science news

Tag: ESA

  • Testing gravity


    Find out how LISA Pathfinder will test-drive technologies to detect gravitational waves from space

  • ExoMars prepares to leave Europe for launch site

    The two ExoMars spacecraft of the 2016 mission are being prepared for shipping to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of their launch in March.

  • Let there be light


    Technology image of the week: James Webb’s NIRSpec and other space optical instruments highlighted to mark the UN Year of Light

  • Mix as needed


    Human spaceflight image of the week: how to keep liquids from mixing during a rocket launch

  • Tracking new missions from down under

    For beachgoers, Australia’s pristine west coast is an ideal location to catch some rays. It is also ideal for catching signals from newly launched rockets and satellites, which is one reason why ESA is redeveloping its tracking capabilities down under.

  • Call for media: LISA Pathfinder launch

    LISA Pathfinder, ESA’s technology demonstrator for detecting gravitational-waves, is set for launch on 2 December at 04:15 GMT (05:15 CET) on a Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Media representatives can follow the launch online and attend the event in ESA’s operations centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, Germany.

  • New Earth Explorer


    ESA announces the chance for scientists to submit their proposals for the next potential Earth Explorer satellite mission

  • New arrivals in Antarctica

    The next crew to live and work at the Concordia Antarctic research station has arrived in the white desert. ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg will take over experiments for future spaceflight from Beth Healey, who has been at the base for almost a year.

  • Schiaparelli’s namesakes


    Space science image of the week: What do a 19th-century astronomer, an impact basin and a mission to Mars have in common?

  • Principia overview


    ESA astronaut Tim Peake introduces his six-month Principia mission to the Internatioanl Space Station and what he will be doing in space

  • Sentinel-3A on its way

    The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month.

  • Week In Images


    Our week through the lens:
    16-20 November 2015

  • Spanish mosaic


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