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Video: 00:02:50 This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a radar image of the Falkland Islands, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission .See also Falkland Islands  to download the image. To source

If Rosalind Franklin had had a birthday wish, she probably never would have dreamed of having her name roving on Mars. To source

Video: 00:05:33 ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has been training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA. In this video, he walks us through training for a spacewalk with NASA colleagues in the 12 m deep Neutral Buoyancy Facility (NBL). Matthias travelled to Houston from Europe with fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Thomas has flown […]

On the morning of 23 June 2020, a strong earthquake struck the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The 7.4- magnitude earthquake prompted evacuations in the region, triggered a tsunami warning and damaged thousands of houses. Satellite radar data, from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, are being used to analyse the effects of the earthquake on land. […]

Join former ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli at the virtual Farnborough International Airshow to find out what working in space is really like. At 09:40 BST (10:40 CEST) tomorrow, Paolo will share the story of how he became an astronaut and answer questions from aspiring out-of-this-world explorers. To source

Image: ExoMars during environmental tests To source

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