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Image: Ammonium salts found on Rosetta’s comet To source

The first science experiments that will be hosted on the Gateway, the international research outpost orbiting the Moon, have been selected by ESA and NASA. Europe’s contribution will monitor radiation to gain a complete understanding of cosmic and solar rays in unexplored areas as the orbital outpost is assembled around the Moon. To source

Image: Victoria Falls To source

Video: 00:02:43 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Victoria Falls, one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, which lies along the course of the Zambezi River. See also Victoria Falls  to download the image. In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus […]

Video: 00:45:56 Replay of a press briefing on ExoMars, held on 12 March 2020. Replay of a press briefing on ExoMars, held on 12 March 2020. Participants were ESA Director General, Jan Wörner, the Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker, and Francois Spoto, the ExoMars Team Leader. Hosted by ESA’s Head of Communication, […]

Press Release N° 6–2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet to 2022. To source

On 12 March ESA Director General Jan Wörner and Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin will meet by videoconference to discuss the ExoMars project and its progress towards launch readiness. To source

According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s – currently on track with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case climate warming scenario. To source

Image: Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell To source

Image: Another fluid experiment joins long running research on foam stability on the International Space Station. The Foam-Coarsening experiment, developed by Airbus for ESA, is scheduled to be activated this month in the Fluid Science Laboratory in the European Columbus module. The foams come in self-contained cells, imaged above, and hold liquids that will be […]

Week in images: 2-6 March 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source

Thousands of fires broke out in the Amazon last year – sparking an international media frenzy. A detailed analysis, using data from the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative, indicates that while there was a small increase of fires in 2019 compared to 2018, fires in Brazil were similar to the average annual number of […]