A galaxy having so many distinct rings is rare, making NGC 2273 unusual. Galaxy NGC 2273 hosts an inner ring and two outer “pseudorings.” Rings are created when a galaxy’s spiral arms appear to loop around and nearly close upon one another. To source
Image: BepiColombo’s last close-up of Earth during flyby To source
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. To source
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its first flyby on 10 April, as the spacecraft came less than 12 700 km from Earth’s surface at 06:25 CEST, steering its trajectory towards the final destination, Mercury. Images gathered just before closest approach portray our planet shining through darkness, during one of humankind’s most challenging times in recent history. […]
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, on a journey to become the third crew to land on the Moon. The crew never made it. To source
Image: BepiColombo’s close-up of Earth during flyby To source
Image: BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby – full sequence To source
Image: BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby To source
Information for all visitors to ESA sites Coronavirus measures for hosted meetings and visitors To source
Where is Bepi? Explore the journey of ESA’s Mercury mission To source
Join us for a live streamed conversation with BepiColombo experts following Friday morning’s Earth flyby. To source
The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 9, 2020. To source
Video: 00:02:55 With a simple Google Cardboard-style virtual reality (VR) viewer, you can experience how it feels to be a spacecraft hurtling past Earth. This 360-degree VR simulation of a flyby manoeuvre performed by ESA’s Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft takes you on a trip past Earth at the distance of only 12 700 km, closer than […]