Marking World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over west Africa To source
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Arianespace and ESA announce Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launch contract
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, will ride into space on an Ariane launch vehicle, Arianespace and ESA confirmed today at the International Paris Air Show. To source
Protein Crystal Growth Experiment of Thailand will start! – Aiming for the development of a new antimalarial medicine –
Protein Crystal Growth Experiment of Thailand will start! – Aiming for the development of a new antimalarial medicine – Last Updated: June 18, 2019 GISTDA (Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency）and JAXA signed an agreement to conduct Thailand’s first space experiment: The PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH EXPERIMENT on the International Space Station .On June 17, 2019, […]
Instant space selfies
Space Science Image of the Week: BepiColombo sends snaps from space as part of routine operations en route to Mercury To source
Melting a satellite, a piece at a time
Researchers took one of the densest parts of an Earth-orbiting satellite, placed it in a plasma wind tunnel then proceeded to melt it into vapour. Their goal was to better understand how satellites burn up during reentry, to minimise the risk of endangering anyone on the ground. To source
Successful Deployment of SpooQy-1 from Kibo!
Successful Deployment of SpooQy-1 from Kibo! Last Updated: June 18, 2019 A CubeSat (‘SpooQy-1 ‘) developed by students of the National University of Singapore (NUS) was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Cygnus NG-11 cargo vehicle on April 17, 2019 from the Wallops Flight Facility. Fig 1. The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket […]
Week in images
Our week through the lens: 10 – 14 June 2019 To source
The Stars and Stripes in Space
This flag accompanied NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard on his 15-minute suborbital journey on May 5, 1961. To source
Space agencies come together
On 14 June, President Hiroshi Yamakawa of JAXA was welcomed at the 282nd meeting of the ESA Council – the Agency’s governing body – held at ESA’s Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. For decades, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, have worked in close collaboration to better understand our Universe. To […]
Space agencies come together
On 14 June, President Hiroshi Yamakawa of JAXA was welcomed at the 282nd meeting of the ESA Council – the Agency’s governing body – held at ESA’s Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. For decades, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, have worked in close collaboration to better understand our Universe. To […]
East Bali
Earth observation image of the week: the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over east Bali in Indonesia To source
Earth from Space
In this week’s edition, we explore part of the island of Bali in Indonesia To source
Seeing an Aurora From the Space Station
“Years ago at the South Pole, I looked up to the aurora for inspiration through the 6-month winter night.” Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped this image of an aurora. To source