Image: The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor or ASIM , mounted outside the European laboratory of the International Space Station, enters its second year of science operations. Launched in April 2018, the payload began operating on 14 June 2018 and has been studying thunderstorms 400 km above Earth ever since. Specifically, ASIM is on the hunt for […]
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ExoMars spots unique green glow at the Red Planet
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected glowing green oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere – the first time that this emission has been seen around a planet other than Earth. To source
Bringing Einstein's Concepts to Life Through Art
Launched on April 20, 2004, Gravity Probe B (GP-B) was a collaboration between Stanford University and NASA designed to test two previously untested aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. To source
Simba CubeSat to swivel from Earth to Sun to help track climate change
Due to launch aboard Friday’s Vega rocket, ESA’s Simba CubeSat is a tiny mission with a big ambition: to measure one of the fundamental drivers of climate change in a new way. The 30-cm long nanosatellite will turn from Earth to space to the Sun and back again, to calculate our planet’s overall energy budget. […]
SEOSAT-Ingenio ready for shipment to Kourou
The Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, is currently at the premises of Airbus in Madrid, Spain and is ready to be packed and shipped to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – following the mission’s latest successful tests and final technical review. This is another significant milestone in preparing the Earth observation satellite’s […]
Solar Orbiter makes first close approach to the Sun
ESA’s Sun-exploring mission Solar Orbiter has made its first close approach to the star on June 15, getting as close as 77 million kilometres to its surface, about half the distance between the Sun and Earth. To source
Week in images: 8-12 June 2020
Week in images: 8-12 June 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
Hubble Glimpses a Galaxy Among Many
Looking deep into the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral galaxy, known as NGC 2608. Appearing as a slightly stretched, smaller version of our Milky Way, the peppered blue and red spiral arms are anchored together by the prominent horizontal To […]
ESAIL maritime satellite ready for launch
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under an ESA Partnership Project – has completed its accommodation on Vega’s new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch. To source
Barcelona, Spain
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Barcelona – the second largest city in Spain. On the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona occupies a low plateau along the Mediterranean coastal plain. The city and its red roofs contrast with the forested hills and the sea that surround it. The famous Avinguda Diagonal […]
Earth from Space: Barcelona
Video: 00:03:22 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain. See also Barcelona, Spain to download the image To source
SSMS inaugural flight on Vega
Video: 00:03:40 Vega’s new SSMS dispenser provides routine affordable access to space for small satellites. To source
Live discussion on how to reinvent business models after COVID-19
Join us on Monday 15 June for a live streamed conversation with European experts on how to reinvent your business model. To source