Our week through the lens: 1 – 5 July 2019 To source
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Pioneer satellites launched
The latest ESA Partnership Projects mission has launched two tiny supercomputing nanosatellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in Russia. To source
Irminger Sea ice swirl
Earth observation image of the week: the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over fragments of swirling sea ice off the coast of Greenland To source
Earth from Space
In this week’s edition, explore a swirl of sea ice off the east coast of Greenland with Copernicus Sentinel-2 To source
Jumping space robot ‘flies’ like a spacecraft
Astronauts on the Moon found themselves hopping around, rather than simply walking. Switzerland’s SpaceBok planetary exploration robot has followed their example, launching all four legs off the ground during tests at ESA’s technical heart. To source
Dust storms swirl at the north pole of Mars
ESA’s Mars Express has been keeping an eye on local and regional dust storms brewing at the north pole of the Red Planet over the last month, watching as they disperse towards the equator. To source
ESA’s wandering eye
Discover the 1-m telescope on the volcanic island of Tenerife, Spain, providing crucial information on space debris and risky asteroids To source
Total eclipse
Impressions of the total solar eclipse from Earth and space To source
Do you even rock?
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: The Pangaea field training team explores local geology in Norway. To source
Satellite radio map
Technology image of the week: This mesh-based model helps engineers working on Meteosat Third Generation, showing how the satellite itself responds to radio frequency antenna operations To source
German wildfire
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the blaze from a military training site in northern Germany To source
Radiation sensitive
There is little known about the effects of space radiation on the human body. Astronauts cannot see or feel it, yet the high doses they are exposed to outside Earth’s cocoon pose health hazards for trips to the Moon and Mars. To help investigate and find out more, European scientists can now accelerate atoms at […]
Wing stretch
Space Science Image of the Week: Solar Orbiter stretches out one of its arrays during pre-launch testing To source