Video: 00:06:01 Discovered in March 2020, Comet NEOWISE became visible to the naked eye in July, gifting observers in the northern hemisphere with the first ‘great comet’ in over 20 years. The comet, which is on an almost parabolic orbit and had its closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, in early July, reaches its closest […]
Image: Letting a satellite breathe To source
Like students all over the world currently awaiting exam grades, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has also been put through a series of strenuous tests leaving the eyes of the teams involved in this international mission set firmly on its final results. Happily, Sentinel-6 has passed with flying colours and engineers can now prepare […]
Like students all over the world currently awaiting exam grades, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has also been put through a series of strenuous tests leaving the eyes of the teams involved in this international mission set firmly on its final results. Happily, Sentinel-6 has passed with flying colours and engineers can now prepare […]
Along with the UK Space Agency, ESA DG Jan Wörner has been invited to take part in FIA Connect, this year’s virtual version of the Farnborough International Airshow. At 13.30 BST today (14.30 CEST), the DG and three other experts will discuss the challenges of space exploration and why it matters to people on Earth. […]
Video: 00:06:41 Join ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. In part one of this video series, the two astronauts compare notes on their journey to date as they prepare for missions to the International Space Station. Though mission details and dates are yet to be […]
Week in images: 13-17 July 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
On 23 July at 09:30 BST / 10:30 CEST, join the final session in this series of four online Global Space Economic Workshops (GSEW). Find out about new applications and services in the downstream sector supported by ESA in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This session will conclude with an inspirational talk with ESA astronaut Samantha […]
Video: 00:05:13 Microbial life is known to survive in all sorts of extreme environments by going into a dormant state. Could they have survived long trips around our galaxy to seed life on Earth? Astrobiologist Nicol Caplin talks extreme life in this episode of Meet The Experts. Access the other Meet the Experts videos To source
Image: Utah’s Great Salt Lake and its surroundings are featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. To source
Video: 00:03:30 In this week’s edition of Earth from Space, we explore Utah’s Great Salt Lake and its surroundings with Copernicus Sentinel-2 See also Utah’s Great Salt Lake to download the image. To source
The launch of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is now planned for 31 October 2021. To source
Video: 00:01:29 The first images from ESA’s Solar Orbiter are already exceeding expectations and revealing interesting new phenomena on the Sun. This animation combines a series of views captured with several remote-sensing instruments on Solar Orbiter between 30 May and 21 June 2020, when the spacecraft was roughly halfway between the Earth and the Sun […]