Space technology is serving at the heart of the French Open. The tennis players’ showers at Roland Garros Stadium near Paris recycle their water to flush the locker room toilets, harnessing technology originally developed by ESA for astronauts on long-duration space missions, and employed operationally in Antarctica for the last 15 years. To source
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Testing a fiery reentry
Image: Testing a fiery reentry To source
From Thales to space
Image: Meet the people behind the third European Service Module that will power and propel the next astronauts to land on the Moon in decades. The team at Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy pose with the now completed structure that acts as a backbone to the Service Module of the Orion spacecraft. Most of […]
Ulysses continues to inspire on its 30th anniversary
Ulysses continues to inspire on its 30th anniversary To source
ESA supports 71st IAC 'CyberSpace Edition'
The 71st International Astronautical Congress (#IAC2020) ‘CyberSpace Edition’ will take place on 12-14 October, and ESA will be one of the main sponsors of this major digital event, to support this important annual gathering of the space community. To source
The Arctic: a delicate icy ecosystem
Video: 00:08:21 The Arctic is one of the most rapidly changing regions in the world. Diminishing sea ice, thawing permafrost and melting glaciers are all direct effects of rising global temperatures – driven by human-made emissions. Learn more about how satellites flying 800 km above our heads can help us monitor and understand the changes […]
Week in images: 28 September – 02 October 2020
Week in images: 28 September – 02 October 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
New York City
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over New York City – the most populous city in the United States. To source
Earth from Space: New York City
Video: 00:03:22 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over New York City – the most populous city in the United States.See also New York City to download the image. To source
Monitoring trucks and trade from space
Earlier this year, ESA launched a contest asking the general public to submit ideas on how Earth observation data can help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, one of the two winning ideas is being officially released to the public via the ‘Rapid Action on COVID-19 with Earth Observation’ dashboard – a joint […]
The way forward to Mars
The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the martian surface on 10 June 2023, at around 17:30 CEST (15:30 UTC). To source
Simulated satellite rendezvous
Image: Simulated satellite rendezvous To source
ESA and NASA logos on Artemis I rocket and Orion
The space agency logos for the next spacecraft to head to the Moon have been added to Orion as part of the Artemis programme. To source