After a 4 hour 43 minute spacewalk to replace a failed power regulator and install cabling, ESA astronaut Tim Peake and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra are back inside the International Space Station.
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Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch
In the SpaceX Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Jason-3 satellite is prepared for encapsulation in its payload faring. Liftoff of Jason-3 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for the opening of a 30-second launch window at 10:42:18 a.m. PST (1:42 EST) on Sunday, Jan. 17.
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EDRS briefing
Replay of today’s media briefing on the European Data Relay System (EDRS) at ESA headquarters, 15 January -
Auld lang tracking syne
After 30 years of working on dozens of missions, an ESA antenna in Australia has been retired because of urban expansion and the increased risk of radio interference.
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DG media briefing
Replay of ESA Director General Jan Woerner’s media briefing at ESA headquarters in Paris, 15 January -
Test your astronaut skills and help ESA
With ESA astronaut Tim Peake stepping out of the International Space Station tomorrow, have you ever wanted to know if you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is offering a trial version of a test developed for future astronauts for you to try at home – and by taking part you will help us select a new generation of astronauts.
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Pluto’s Wright Mons in Color
Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission have assembled this highest-resolution color view of one of two potential cryovolcanoes spotted on the surface of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015.
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EDRS briefing
Watch media briefing on the European Data Relay System (EDRS) on Friday 15 January at ESA Headquarters, from 11:30 CET -
Astro-H ready for launch
Final showcase for Astro-H, Japan’s satellite for X-ray astronomy planned for 12 February launch -
Spacewalk live
Watch the spacewalk of ESA astronaut Tim Peake and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra on Friday as they exit the International Space Station -
A Milky Way twin swept by an ultra-fast X-ray wind
ESA’s XMM-Newton has found a wind of high-speed gas streaming from the centre of a bright spiral galaxy like our own that may be reducing its ability to produce new stars.
