Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. To source
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Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 16 – 20 July 2018 To source
Sweden in flames
As Europe succumbs to record temperatures and drought, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 missions image fires that have broken out in Sweden To source
Name Europe’s robot to roam and search for life on Mars
The UK Space Agency has launched a competition to name a rover that is going to Mars to search for signs of life. To source
Valencia
Earth observation image of the week: Sentinel-2 takes us over the city of Valencia and its stunning blue coast To source
Earth from Space
In this week’s edition, Sentinel-2 takes us over Valencia, Spain To source
What’s your idea to 3D print on the Moon – to make it feel like home?
A new ESA-led project is investigating the ways that 3D printing could be used to create and run a habitat on the Moon. Everything from building materials to solar panels, equipment and tools to clothes, even nutrients and food ingredients can potentially be 3D printed. But if you were headed to the Moon, what would […]
[Aerodynamic technology] JAXA wind tunnel test result wins JSASS technology award
Topics July 20,2018 JAXA wind tunnel test result wins JSASS technology award The JSASS technology award was presented to the “Acquisition and Publication of Transonic Wind Tunnel Test Data of the 80% Scaled NASA Common Research Model” that uses the JAXA “2m x 2m transonic wind tunnel.” The award was given in recognition of the […]
Testing Satellite Servicing Technologies
NASA’s satellite servicing technologies are opening up a new world where space robots diagnose, maintain and extend a spacecraft’s life. To source
A storm rolls in
Mars Express imaged a local dust storm in April, a precursor to the dramatic planet-circling event that followed To source
Orion Parachutes Chalk Up Another Test Success in Arizona
The parachute system for Orion, America’s spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as planned after being dropped from an altitude of 6.6 miles on July 12, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona. To source
Martian atmosphere behaves as one
New research using a decade of data from ESA’s Mars Express has found clear signs of the complex martian atmosphere acting as a single, interconnected system, with processes occurring at low and mid levels significantly affecting those seen higher up. To source
Initiating the second joint exposed experiment on board "Kibo" with the Republic of Turkey
Initiating the second joint exposed experiment on board “Kibo” with the Republic of Turkey Last Updated: July 19, 2018 In the evening of May 23, 2018, the second experiment of the collaboration mission between Japan and Turkey (*1) has been initiated using the Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM) of the Exposed Facility, an external platform […]