Three CubeSats successfully deployed from “Kibo”! Last Updated: October 26, 2018 Three ultra-small satellites (“CubeSats”) were successfully deployed on October 6, 2018 from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo”: “SPATIUM-I” of Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)/Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan), “RSP-00” of Ryman Sat Spaces General Incorporated Association and “STARS-Me” of Shizuoka University (Japan). The pictures show […]
Operations image of the week: Estrack engineers Lucy Santana and Daniel Firre in ESA’s Main Control Room during the launch of the ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury — BepiColombo To source
On Sept. 25, 2018, Parker Solar Probe captured a view of Earth as it sped toward the first Venus gravity assist of the mission. Earth is the bright, round object visible in the right side of this image. To source
Technology image of the week: ESA’s exoplanet-characterising Cheops undergoing testing in the Maxwell chamber, which recreates the infinite void of space To source
Watch the press conference following an Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in Spain, starts 14:15 GMT on 25 October To source
With air quality a serious environmental health problem, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite is tasked with mapping air pollutants around the entire globe every day. This new mission has been providing data on carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone since July and now other polluting nasties such as sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde have joined the list […]
Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat’s Paw Nebula To source
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: The European Service Module of the Orion spacecraft is ready for shipment to the US To source
On October 22, 1968, 50 years ago, the Apollo 7 crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. To source
A stunning early morning launch lifted the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft into space on Saturday, 20 October. This marked the start of intensive, round-the-clock flight control activities to ensure the mission’s health and functioning in the harsh environment of space. To source
Utilization of Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) has been started to obtain thermophysical properties of high-temperature melts Last Updated: October 23, 2018 Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) attached to the Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack 2 (MSPR-2) (Credit: JAXA/NASA） The logo of the ELF Mission(Credit： JAXA） Summary The checkout of the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) installed in the […]
Space Science Image of the Week: BepiColombo’s solar arrays and antennas are captured in the spacecraft’s first images from space To source
As part of a scientific collaboration with the Mexican Space Agency and other Mexican scientific public entities, ESA has combined images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission to produce a detailed view of the different types of vegetation growing across the entire country. To source