[Project Topics] AKATSUKI: Orbit successfully controlled
Aug. 5, 2015 Updated AKATSUKI: Orbit successfully controlled JAXA performed an orbit control maneuver for the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” in late July in preparation for its re-injection into the Venus orbit scheduled for Dec. 7, 2015. According to the analysis of telemetry data acquired up to Aug. 2, the orbit control and correction was […]
Stormy Seas in Sagittarius
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name, in the constellation of Sagittarius. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust. […]
Celebrating a year at the comet
ESA’s Rosetta mission today celebrates one year at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, with its closest approach to the Sun now just one week away. To source
[Aeronautical Technology Directorate] [DREAMS] JAXA has conducted a usability survey of the "ALWIN" at Tokyo International Airport
June 30, 2015 JAXA has conducted a usability survey of the “ALWIN” at Tokyo International Airport JAXA has conducted a usability survey of the “Airport Low-level Wind INformation” (ALWIN) for airline’s flight crews and dispatchers in cooperation with Japan Airlines (JAL) at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) on March 2015.ALWIN provides strategic aircraft operational information […]
First MSG-4 image
Europe’s latest weather satellite images Earth today To source
Tracking downunder
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA’s New Norcia deep-space tracking station illuminated against the Australian night sky To source
[Aeronautical Technology Directorate] [SafeAvio] Simulation for effect on passenger cabin when encountering turbulence
July 13, 2015 Simulation for effect on passenger cabin when encountering turbulence To determine turbulence effects on the passenger cabin, JAXA conducted simulations for the following two cases. Motion of aircraft, a cabin crew and service carts were simulated for both cases. The left-hand side of the video below simulates a case of severe turbulence […]
Blue Moon Over Washington
A second full moon for the month of July is seen next to the dome of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 31, 2015 in Washington. To source
Register to visit ESTEC
Registration open for ESTEC Open Day on Sunday 4 October: your chance to visit ESA’s technical heart To source
NASA Awards Aerospace Propulsion, Communications Research Contracts
NASA has awarded contracts to 13 companies to provide advanced propulsion and communications system technologies as part of ongoing long-term aerospace research activities at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. To source
A Spin Around An Exoplanet Most Like Earth
This artistic animation depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. The planet’s rotation is sped up. original
Southern Bavaria
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1 image of Germany’s state of Bavaria, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Sizes of Kepler Planet Candidates, July 2015
Kepler planet candidates by size as of July 2015. original