Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 satellite image of Athens and surroundings, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
Tag: ESA
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Athens in colour
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Destination ESA
Technology image of the week: thousands of visitors will soon be headed this way to ESA’s technical heart -
Forty years of European space tracking
Today, ESA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Agency’s ground station network, the indispensable link to spacecraft that are helping us to learn about our planet, our Solar System and our Universe.
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Ground station chillax
The winning entry in the #Estrack40 audio contest is now the official theme music for ESA’s ground station network -
Rosetta reveals comet’s water-ice cycle
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has provided evidence for a daily water-ice cycle on and near the surface of comets.
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New Norcia 3D
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space tracking station at New Norcia, Western Australia, in 3D #estrack40 -
Quake on the radar
The combination of two Sentinel-1A radar scans shows how the ground shifted as a result of Chile’s 16 September earthquake -
Cosmic optical illusions
Space Science Image of the Week: This whirling mix of galaxy arms, bright cores and shining blue gas makes up Arp 194, a turbulent galaxy group in Ursa Major -
ExoMars 2016 targets March launch window
A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission, initially foreseen in January, to March, still within the launch window of early 2016.
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Contest winners
Congratulations to the top 10 and the three prize winners in ESA’s #Estrack40 audio contest -
Mississippi swampland
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of Mississippi’s swamps, USA, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
