The winning entry in the #Estrack40 audio contest is now the official theme music for ESA’s ground station network
Tag: image
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Ground station chillax
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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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Supersonic Shock Waves of a T-38C Aircraft
This schlieren image of a T-38C aircraft was captured using the patent-pending BOSCO technique and then processed with NASA-developed code to reveal shock wave structures. Researchers at Armstrong and NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, have developed new schlieren techniques based on modern image processing methods.
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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 -
Great Exuma Island, Bahamas
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of small island cays in the Bahamas and the prominent tidal channels cutting between them. For astronauts, this is one of the most recognizable points on the planet.
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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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Clear Skies Over the United States
On Sept. 17, 2015, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured images and video from the International Space Station during an early morning flyover of the United States. Sharing with his social media followers, Kelly wrote, “Clear skies over much of the USA today. #GoodMorning from @Space_Station! #YearInSpace.”
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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
