The ESA Academy is born!
Space science and engineering education gets a new boost To source
First contact
Operations image of the week: In its first operational usage, ESA’s new tracking antenna in Australia followed Ariane’s launch yesterday, providing perfect contact To source
Red Planet Majesty – A Decade of Mars Orbiter Science Images | Video
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Draft Bill Proposes Wide-Ranging Space Policy Changes
Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket and unmanned Cygnus spacecraft sit on the launch pad during sunrise on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky WASHINGTON — A draft version of a comprehensive space policy bill seeks to make changes to the management and regulation of space activities at NASA, the Defense Department, and other federal agencies […]
'Tornado of Darkness': We Saw the Total Solar Eclipse from a Plane (Video)
Tuesday’s total eclipse of the sun thrilled millions of skywatchers in the Pacific Ocean region — including 163 passengers aboard a flight from Alaska to Hawaii, who witnessed the spectacle from an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,000 meters). I was one of those lucky airborne observers. Nearly a year ago, I approached Alaska Airlines with […]
Frontier Fields Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717
“Frontier Fields” galaxy cluster MACS J0717, one of the most complex and distorted galaxy clusters known, is the site of a collision between four clusters. It is located about 5.4 billion light years away from Earth. To source
Real-Life 'Death Star' Continues to Destroy Alien Worlds
In this artist’s conception, a Ceres-like asteroid is slowly disintegrating as it orbits a white dwarf star. Astronomers have spotted telltales signs of such an object using data from the Kepler K2 mission. Credit: Mark A. Garlick The real-life “Death Star” that astronomers recently caught in the act of destroying a planet is continuing to […]
NASA Wants to Send Your Art to an Asteroid
Send your artwork to an asteroid by submitting to the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission by March 20. Credit: NASA Is your art truly out of this world? Aspiring artists will have a shot at getting their work blasted into space and delivered — in digital form — to the asteroid Bennu on the upcoming […]
Eagle-Eyed NASA Mars Probe Celebrates 10 Years at Red Planet
A NASA Mars spacecraft celebrates a major milestone today — a decade circling the Red Planet. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at the Red Planet on March 10, 2006 and has done yeoman’s work in the decade since. To mark the occasion, NASA created this video celebrating the MRO’s 10 years at Mars . MRO […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] Eclipse on 9 March 2016: public release of images and videos taken by the "Hinode" satellite
March 10, 2016Institute of Space and Astronautical Science / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA)Naional Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ/NINS), and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), release partial eclipse images and videos taken on March […]
Follow ExoMars launch
Watch live launch coverage on 14 March from 08:30 GMT. Launch is scheduled for 09:31 GMT and acquisition of signal is expected at 21:29 GMT To source
Moon Shadow Crossing Earth Seen From Space | Video
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ExoMars Spacecraft Mated with Rocket Ahead of Monday's Launch (Photos)
The ExoMars spacecraft and its Proton rocket, inside a facility at Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 5, 2016. Credit: KhSC Two European Mars spacecraft have been mated to the rocket that will blast them toward the Red Planet on Monday (March 14). The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli lander, which together constitute the first […]