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“Eat your vitamins” might be replaced with “ingest your ceramic nano-particles” in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage. To source

Do you have a compelling idea for a future space mission? Then we want to hear it. ESA is issuing an open call for new mission concepts across its entire range of activities. Anyone is encouraged to submit in response, from research institutes and companies to ‘citizen scientist’ members of the public. To source

Week in images: 31 August – 04 September 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source

Video: 00:02:48 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Gulf of Kutch, an inlet of the Arabian Sea, along the west coast of India. See also Gulf of Kutch, India to upload the image. To source

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Gulf of Kutch, an inlet of the Arabian Sea, along the west coast of India. To source

Europe’s Vega light-lift rocket is back to normal operations at Europe’s Spaceport and is scheduled for two more missions this year. So how did Vega reach this success after an anomaly halted all Vega launches? To source

Video: 00:05:34 Here at ESA, the European Space Agency, space is our business. It’s a place we explore, heading outwards while also looking back, to improve life on our own blue planet. Why go out there? Because space is useful and valuable; because it’s the place we all live. That’s why ESA does what we […]

The first flight of Vega’s rideshare service using the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser for light satellites, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 02:51 BST / 03:51 CEST on 3 September (22:51 local time on 2 September). To source

Image: Plasma propulsion for small satellites To source

Image: What looks like an engine made its way to space and back last November. While the hardware of the Perwaves experiment will not end up in your car, results from this research could lead to more efficient and carbon-free fuel in the future. Perwaves, or Percolating Reaction-Diffusion Waves, set metal powder on fire to […]

Estonia celebrates its fifth anniversary in ESA after becoming ESA’s 21st Member State on 1 September 2015. To source

Week in images: 24-28 August 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source

Video: 00:05:24 Exploring outer space doesn’t come without rules. In this episode of Meet the Experts, Thea Flem Dethlefsen discusses the laws that govern space to ensure that all states have equal, fair and sustainable access in the present and the future. Find more episodes in the series here To source