Our week through the lens:
28 September – 2 October 2015
Tag: ESA
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Berlin celebration
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A false colour image of Berlin in Germany, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Fifth mission for Ariane 5 this year
This evening an Ariane 5 delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits after lifting off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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SMOS meets ocean monsters
ESA’s SMOS and two other satellites are together providing insight into how surface winds evolve under tropical storm clouds in the Pacific Ocean. This new information could to help predict extreme weather at sea.
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Space for visitors
Technology image of the week: Visitor centre Space Expo will be participating in Sunday’s ESTEC Open Day with a bargain admission offer -
Space portrait
A unique portrait of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen made for the Cupola observatory on the International Space Station by visual artist Vhils -
How Rosetta’s comet got its shape
Two comets collided at low speed in the early Solar System to give rise to the distinctive ‘rubber duck’ shape of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, say Rosetta scientists.
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When black holes collide
Space science image of the week: A simulation of gravitational radiation rippling away from a pair of colliding black holes -
Improve the Station tour
Have you been exploring the International Space Station in our panoramic tour? Tell us what you think and how it could be improved -
Principia
Read about ESA’s next astronaut mission: Tim Peake will be launched to the International Space Station on 15 December -
Space for safer cars
A spacecraft tool is now improving car safety by stress-testing many of the internal computer systems to be sure they work well when the car is on the road.
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Galileo satellites handed over to operator
Europe’s latest pair of Galileo satellites has passed its initial check out in space, allowing control to be handed over to the main control centre and join the growing fleet.
