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Industry starts work on Europe’s Hera planetary defence mission
Today ESA awarded a €129.4 million contract covering the detailed design, manufacturing and testing of Hera, the Agency’s first mission for planetary defence. This ambitious mission will be Europe’s contribution to an international asteroid deflection effort, set to perform sustained exploration of a double asteroid system. To source
Back to school with Thomas Pesquet
Video: 00:03:32 It’s that time of year again: everyone is back to school! Like many, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is also studying, for his next mission to the International Space Station. Join Thomas in learning about Earth and space by participating in ESA Education’s 2020-21 school projects. More info To source
Meet the Experts: Designing a space mission
Video: 00:06:25 Space missions are complex and require input from many specialists. The Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) is where most of ESA missions are conceived and conceptually designed. In this episode of Meet the Experts, Massimo Bandecchi, the founding father of ESA’s CDF, explains Concurrent Design (CD) and some of the missions studied using this […]
Week in images: 07-11 September 2020
Week in images: 07-11 September 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
West coast wildfires
Image: Captured on 10 September 2020, this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows thick smoke blanketing the US west coast. To source
ESA Open Day going online this October
This year’s ESA Open Day at ESTEC in the Netherlands is taking place on an online basis. Continuing COVID-19 restrictions make it impossible to let people on site in person, but participants will still enjoy virtual tours of the extensive establishment, get unique close-up views of space hardware and interact directly with astronauts and space […]
Earth from Space: Amazon River
Video: 00:03:00 This week’s edition of Earth from Space features a Copernicus Sentinel-1 image of the Amazon River meandering through one of the most vital ecosystems in the world – the Amazon rainforest in South America. See also Amazon River to download the image. To source
Amazon River
Image: This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1, shows the Amazon River meandering through one of the most vital ecosystems in the world – the Amazon rainforest in South America. To source
Register for ESA’s Φ-Week event
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MOSAiC Arctic expedition reaches North Pole
On 19 August 2020, the world’s largest and longest polar research expedition – known as MOSAiC – reached the North Pole after making an unplanned detour owing to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions. The expedition is now entering its final stage, during which researchers will study the last piece of the Arctic puzzle: the growth of […]
Advice from an astronaut
Video: 00:01:41 English Advice from an astronaut ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano provides words of wisdom to young people on how investing their time wisely today can help build a better tomorrow. In this video, Luca recalls his own childhood and says, the most valuable resource we have as young people is time. He encourages the […]
ESA’s polar station marks three decades satellite tracking
North of Sweden and the Arctic Circle, ESA’s Kiruna ground station is celebrating 30 years looking skyward, connecting us to many of our beloved and most pioneering space explorers. To source