If someone had been watching as Apollo 15’s Falcon Lunar Module headed down beside the Moon’s Appenine mountains in 1971, then this is what they would have seen. ESA researchers, working with UK company Timelab Technologies , are recreating historic missions to the Moon in high-definition 360 virtual reality, as a way of gaining new […]
Equipped with visionary science instruments, the Mars Perseverance rover underwent an “eye” exam after several cameras were installed. To source
Image: BepiColombo’s final glimpses of Earth To source
Image: BepiColombo bids farewell to Earth and the Moon To source
Image: BepiColombo shadow transit during Earth flyby To source
Week in images: 6-10 April 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
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