Week in images: 11 – 15 January 2021 Discover our week through the lens To source
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Metal Fuels. We research. You benefit.
Video: 00:07:30 Did you know that in microgravity we are preparing one of the most promising fuels for the future? Microgravity is helping to find answers and models to refine the processes needed to efficiently burn solid fuel like iron dust. Are we witnessing the raise of a new “Iron Age”? Could we use metal […]
ESA Kids app now available
ESA Kids app now available To source
Earth from Space: Tanezrouft
Video: 00:02:50 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tanezrouft Basin – one of the most desolate parts of the Sahara Desert. See also Tanezrouft Basin to download the image. To source
Tanezrouft Basin
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tanezrouft Basin – one of the most desolate parts of the Sahara Desert. To source
Director General's annual press conference
Video: 01:36:00 A replay of our start-of-year press conference with ESA Director General Jan Wörner, future Director General Josef Aschbacher and other ESA Directors, held online on Thursday, 14 January 2021. They looked ahead at Europe’s space activities in 2021 and answered questions from media. Highlights in 2021 include two ESA astronauts flying to the […]
2021 is taking off with ESA's new rocket merchandise
2021 is taking off with ESA’s new rocket merchandise To source
Asteroids vs. microbes
Image: Asteroids vs. microbes To source
Director General’s annual press conference 2021
Join our start-of-year press conference with ESA Director General Jan Wörner and future Director General Josef Aschbacher plus other ESA Directors when they meet online on Thursday, 14 January 2021. The event starts at 09:30 GMT / 10:30 CET. Watch live on #ESAwebTV . To source
Spain’s chilly blanket
Image: The heavy snowfall that hit Spain a few days ago still lies heavy across much of the country as this Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite image shows. To source
Muscles, metals, bubbles and rotifers – a month of European science in space
The month of December comes with holidays for many, but for the International Space Station and mission controls around the world, science never rests. To source
Madrid snowbound
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Madrid in Spain appears to have been taken in black and white. In fact, it is a true-colour image – but the heaviest snowfall in 50 years has blanketed the region, turning the landscape white. To source
Pool preps
Image: Prepping for a spacewalk typically means diving underwater to rehearse and fine-tune operations. In 2016, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst performed such an underwater rehearsal for the Colka high speed radio , the brown box imaged above, that will be installed this month on the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover […]