Technology image of the week: Entrepreneurs gathered beside a replica meteorology satellite plan to make future business weather by harnessing space innovation To source
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How ESA helps launch bright ideas and new careers
Hundreds of innovative companies—many with little or no direct connections to the space industry—have prospered from forming partnerships with the European Space Agency. To source
From space to Earth
Satellites are our ‘eyes and ears’ in space – how do they help us to help ourselves? To source
The science circling above us on the Space Station
The International Space Station orbits Earth, 400 km above our heads, running scientific experiments that cannot be done anywhere else. Read on for our bi-weekly update on European science in space. To source
ESA’s space weather mission to be protected against stormy Sun
ESA is planning Earth’s first dedicated space weather observatory to warn of potentially harmful turbulence in our parent star. Like a referee at a sports game, the Lagrange spacecraft will be able to observe both the Sun and Earth as well as the space in between – but will itself be in the space weather […]
Solar rainbow
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: aurora australis seen from space To source
ESA gives go-ahead for Smile mission with China
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, Smile, has been given the green light for implementation by ESA’s Science Programme Committee. To source
Help shape ESA’s space science programme
How did our Milky Way galaxy form? How do black holes grow? What is the origin of our Solar System? Are there other worlds capable of hosting life? These are some of the questions our current science missions are designed to address. But what do you think are the most important questions that our future […]
Antennas and auroras
Space Science Image of the Week: Rippling auroras dance through the sky above radar antennas that explore space weather effects To source
Week in images
Our week through the lens: 25 February – 1 March 2019 To source
Space weather kicks up a social storm
One of the most visible — and fabulously beautiful — effects of this ‘space weather’ on our planet are the aurora borealis, the famous ‘northern lights’ that dance across the high (and low) latitudes. To source
Earth from Space
In this week’s edition, explore the Alps and surroundings with Copernicus Sentinel-3 To source
Fit for Mars
Rovers are versatile explorers on the surface of other planets, but they do need some training before setting off. A model of Rosalind Franklin rover that will be sent to Mars in 2021 is scouting the Atacama Desert, in Chile, following commands from mission control in the United Kingdom, over 11 000 km away. To […]