Video: 00:02:55 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Houston, the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the US. See also Houston, Texas to download the image. In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission […]
Image: Houston, Texas To source
A star of about eight percent the Sun’s mass has been caught emitting an enormous ‘super flare’ of X-rays – a dramatic high-energy eruption that poses a fundamental problem for astronomers, who did not think it possible on stars that small. To source
ESA is calling on ambitious start-ups to join the new ESA Start-up Competition. This opportunity is open to entrepreneurs in all ESA Member States that are developing innovative services and/or products using space technology. The winners will be offered tailor-made ESA technical and business support in the development of their start-ups, within a mentoring programme. […]
Ariane 5 has delivered two satellites, JCSAT-17 and Geo-Kompsat-2B, into their planned transfer orbits. To source
Image: Commanding views To source
ESA is expanding its bedrest programme that allows researchers to study how human bodies react to living in space – without leaving their bed. To source
Image: Solar Orbiter boom deployment and first magnetic field measurements To source
Video: 00:08:18 Europe’s Spaceport lies northeast of South America in French Guiana, an overseas department of France. This location near the equator enables the Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launch vehicles operated at the Spaceport to complete a wide range of missions to any orbit for clients from around the globe. The Spaceport comes under the […]
First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday 13 February providing a confirmation to the international science teams that the magnetometer on board is in good health following a successful deployment of the spacecraft’s instrument boom. To source
At 16:00 CET on Thursday, 13 February, the critical first 83 hours of Solar Orbiter’s unique mission to study our star came to an end. To source
Image: A mosaic of spacecraft images of Earth from locations across the Solar System. To source
Video: 00:00:00 For Valentine’s Day, this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, capturing a beautiful heart-shaped geographical formation in the dramatic landscape of the southern highlands of Bolivia. See also Bolivian highland heart to download the image. For Valentine’s Day, this week’s edition of the Earth from Space […]