The galaxy NGC 1156 resembles a delicate cherry blossom tree flowering in springtime in this Hubble image. The many bright “blooms” within the galaxy are in fact stellar nurseries — regions where new stars are springing to life. To source
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Mount Fuji
Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over the snow-capped Mount Fuji in Japan To source
Earth from Space
In this week’s edition, explore Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, with Copernicus Sentinel-2 To source
Using satellite information to help rebuild after a disaster
ESA and the Asian Development Bank have joined forces to help the Indonesian government use satellite information to guide the redevelopment following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the provincial capital of Palu and surroundings last year. To source
Delivering Saturn Test Hardware to Marshall in July 1964
In July 1964, the first Saturn V S-IVB, or third stage test hardware, was delivered to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center To source
Vega Flight VV15 failure: Arianespace and ESA appoint an independent inquiry commission
Arianespace announced today, 11 July, 2019, the failure of Flight VV15 carrying the FalconEye1 satellite. This was the first Vega failure after 14 successful launches in a row since being introduced at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana in 2012. To source
Flight VV15: Mission failure
Approximately two minutes after the Vega launcher’s liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana, a launcher anomaly occurred shortly after ignition of the Zefiro 23 second stage – leading to the premature end of the mission. To source
Growing VEGGIEs in Space
Leafy greens are growing in space! To source
October’s ESA Open Day looks to the Moon
Come to ESA’s technical heart this October to meet veteran Apollo astronauts and hear from engineers designing future European missions to the Moon. This year’s ESA Open Day at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will take place on Sunday 6 October – everyone is welcome. To source
Jupiter Abyss
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of an area within a Jovian jet stream showing a vortex that has an intensely dark center. To source
Aux thrusters are GO
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Progress on the second European Service Model that will power the Orion spacecraft’s Artemis 2 mission To source
Martian coming & going
A piece of Mars itself – that came to Earth after an asteroid or comet struck the Martian surface – has been used to calibrate a camera soon to be launched to the Red Planet To source
Upside-down 3D-printed skin and bone, for humans to Mars
3D printing human tissue could help keep astronauts healthy all the way to Mars. An ESA project has produced its first bioprinted skin and bone samples. To source