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Image: Ahead of Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater. To source

Take off with ESA Impact! Ariane 6 and astronaut news await Welcome to the 2024 second quarter edition of ESA Impact. To source

The two Proba-3 satellites were set facing each other across a cleanroom as cameras, LEDs, a laser and shadow sensors were activated in turn, testing the systems that will let the pair sense their precise positions relative to each other, allowing them to line up precisely in orbit down to a single millimetre. To source

ESA’s Hera mission  is due to launch in October this year on a quest to survey the Didymos binary asteroid system and study the results of the first-ever test of asteroid deflection. The spacecraft is currently undergoing its final system tests  in the Netherlands in preparation for transport to its launch site in the USA. Meanwhile, in […]

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Less than a month after it was launched, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has returned the first image from one of its instruments – an image that, for the first time from space, unveils the internal structure and dynamics of clouds. This remarkable first image, captured by the satellite’s cloud profiling radar, offers a mere glimpse of […]

Video: 00:13:39 In this first episode of our docu-series, we embark on the exciting journey of the YPSat (Young Professional Satellite), a satellite flying on-board the inaugural flight of Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy launcher. Two years ago, a team of Young Professionals at ESA, with diverse backgrounds, nationalities and expertise, have come together around […]

ESA scientists have been exploring how a future Moon base might be built from materials on the lunar surface. Inspired by LEGO building, they have used dust from a meteorite to 3D-print ‘space bricks’ to test the idea. ESA’s space bricks are on display in selected LEGO Stores from 20 June to 20 September, helping […]

ESA is committed to deliver on the promise of Zero Debris by 2030 . To ensure compliant satellites can be designed and built in time, ESA is supporting industry during this technologically challenging transition. On 25 June 2024, three major European space industry players each signed a contract with ESA to develop large low Earth […]

Video: 01:00:08 Watch the replay of the Ariane 6 inaugural flight pre-launch media briefing to learn more about the first flight of Europe’s new heavy lift launch vehicle. Access the media briefing in French . To source

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed the region above Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot to discover a variety of previously unseen features. The region, previously believed to be unremarkable in nature, hosts a variety of intricate structures and activity. To source

An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover gravitationally bound star clusters when the Universe was 460 million years old. This is the first discovery of star clusters in an infant galaxy less than 500 million years after the Big Bang. To source