For the first time ever, you can follow ESA’s fleet of spacecraft in Earth orbit and traversing deep space, using real-time data from the Agency’s global network of tracking antennas. Try the brand new ‘ESTRACK now’! To source
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What are we looking at?
Every moment, conversations are taking place between antennas across the globe and missions exploring our planet, Solar System and deep space. So, what is ESA’s 35-m antenna in Australia looking at? To source
Webb assembled
The two halves of the James Webb Space Telescope have been connected for the first time To source
Lifting the Space Launch System Core Stage Into Place
NASA cleared a milestone in preparation for Green Run testing of its Space Launch System (SLS) core stage with the lift and installation of the core stage pathfinder simulator onto the B-2 Test Stand. To source
CERN simulating Jupiter
Technology image of the week: this CERN test facility was used to recreate the highly radioactive environment surrounding Jupiter for ESA’s JUICE mission To source
Gaia untangles the starry strings of the Milky Way
Rather than leaving home young, as expected, stellar ‘siblings’ prefer to stick together in long-lasting, string-like groups, finds a new study of data from ESA’s Gaia spacecraft. To source
ESA Open Day, ESTEC, 2019
Come and join us for ESA’s annual Open Day on Sunday 6 October at the Agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands To source
Raft of rubble
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features a huge raft of pumice rock drifting in the Pacific Ocean To source
ExoMars rover ready for environment testing
The Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover has completed its construction activities in the UK and will now depart to France for testing under the conditions of the Red Planet’s environment. To source
Astronaut Andrew Morgan Performs His First Spacewalk
West Point graduate, physician and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan is pictured working outside the International Space Station . To source
Amazon fires
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Amazon wildfires as seen from the International Space Station To source
Fires ravage the Amazon
Thousands of fires have broken out in the Amazon rainforest. Satellite data show that there are almost four times as many fires this year compared to the same period last year. Apart from Brazil, parts of Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina have also been affected. To source
Christine Darden: From Human Computer to Engineer
In 1967, Christine Darden was added to the pool of ‘human computers’ who wrote complex programs and tediously crunched numbers for engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center. To source