A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission, initially foreseen in January, to March, still within the launch window of early 2016. To source
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Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 14-18 September 2015 To source
Contest winners
Congratulations to the top 10 and the three prize winners in ESA’s #Estrack40 audio contest To source
Mississippi swampland
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of Mississippi’s swamps, USA, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Big Iron gets technology boost
ESA deploys ‘big iron’ to communicate with its deep-space missions: three 35 m-diameter dishes employing some of the world’s most advanced tracking technology. And it’s about to get a boost. ESA’s three Deep Space Antenna stations at New Norcia, Australia, Cebreros, Spain and Malargüe, Argentina, beam commands and receive data from spacecraft voyaging hundreds of […]
Destined for Mercury
Technology image of week: BepiColombo mission modules set be on show during the ESTEC Open Day To source
Silver Play Button
We received a Silver Play Button to mark 100 000 subscribers on our YouTube channel. Of course we needed to make sure it was fit for space… To source
SOHO 3000
The international SOHO solar observatory has discovered its 3000th comet To source
Andreas back on Earth
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Andreas Mogensen returns to Earth after completing his iriss mission To source
ESA Moon challenge
ESA invites university students around the world to compete in designing a mission scenario for the next step in space exploration: a human–robotic partnership for exploring the Moon To source
Live from Krakow
Will CarbonSat or FLEX be ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission? Follow discussions at the User Consultation Meeting on 15–16 September To source
Proba-2’s partial eclipse
Space science image of the week: ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses yesterday To source
Soyuz TMA-16M landing
Replay of Soyuz spaceraft landing in the Kazakh steppe after 10 days in space for ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen To source