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Solar Orbiter at IABG

Image: ESA’s Solar Orbiter at IABG in Ottobrunn, Germany, before it starts its journey to Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. Solar Orbiter will perform a close-up study of our Sun and the Sun-Earth connection to better understand the behaviour of the star on which our lives depend. At its closest point, the spacecraft will operate […]

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Day before Press Day

Solar Orbiter at IABG

Image: ESA’s Solar Orbiter at IABG in Ottobrunn, Germany, before it starts its journey to Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. Solar Orbiter will perform a close-up study of our Sun and the Sun-Earth connection to better understand the behaviour of the star on which our lives depend. At its closest point, the spacecraft will operate […]

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Day before Press Day

Solar Orbiter at IABG

Image: ESA’s Solar Orbiter at IABG in Ottobrunn, Germany, before it starts its journey to Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. Solar Orbiter will perform a close-up study of our Sun and the Sun-Earth connection to better understand the behaviour of the star on which our lives depend. At its closest point, the spacecraft will operate […]

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Past, present and future

Exoplanet pioneer Michel Mayor, one of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics winners, met early career scientists during his recent visit to ESA in Spain To source

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Exoplanet zoo

Space Science Image of the Week: More than 200 children imagined diverse extra-solar worlds at ESA’s Open Day To source

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Call for Media: Last chance to view Europe’s Solar Orbiter

ESA’s new Sun explorer will leave Europe soon, with final launch preparations starting in November at Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. ESA and Airbus Defence and Space invite members of the media to get a final glimpse of Solar Orbiter on 18 October at IABG’s space test centre in Ottobrunn, near Munich, Germany, before the […]

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Magnetic simulation

Space Science Image of the Week: To accurately measure magnetic fields, Solar Orbiter underwent testing in a unique facility To source

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Defrosting dunes

Space Science Image of the Week: Bursts of gas from defrosting ice create the dark patches in this martian dune field To source

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Night into day

Space Science Image of the Week: Saturn’s shadow draws a line between night and day across its rings To source

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ExoMars parachute testing continues

ExoMars parachute testing continues

As the second ExoMars mission, comprising a rover and surface science platform, progresses towards launch next year, teams continue to troubleshoot the parachute design following an unsuccessful high-altitude drop test last week. To source

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