Our week through the lens: 25 – 29 March 2019 To source
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Discover ESA
Discover ESA is a colourful journey through ESA’s activities and space missions. The brochure, which is available in six languages, includes an attractive space poster To source
The Bosphorus
Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-1 takes us over the narrow strait that separates Europe and Asia To source
Earth from Space
In this edition, we take a look at the narrow strait that connects eastern Europe to western Asia: the Bosphorus in northwest Turkey To source
Hubble Watches Spun-Up Asteroid Coming Apart
A small asteroid was caught in the process of spinning so fast it’s throwing off material, according to new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. To source
Dark dust devil tracks on Mars
The winds of Mars are responsible for myriad features across the planet’s surface – including the dark dunes and wispy, filament-like streaks seen in this image from ESA’s Mars Express. To source
ESA and NASA to team up on lunar science
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Joan Stupik, Guidance and Control Engineer
When Joan Stupik was a child, her parents bought her a mini-planetarium that she could use to project the stars on her bedroom ceiling. To source
Tortoise islands
Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite images the Galápagos island chain, inspiration for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution To source
Receding waters
While people in Mozambique face the mammoth task of cleaning up after Cyclone Idai, the blue-purple in this image shows where floodwater is retreating To source
In a spin
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: new bedrest study tests impact of artificial gravity To source
Back to the water
In the absolute darkness of caves, rare creatures have returned to living in water to survive. Astronauts looking for life in the underworld during the CAVES training courses discovered a new species of crustaceans that have completed an evolutionary full circle – from water to land, and back to water again. To source
Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Hot-Fire Test
A static hot-fire test of the Orion spacecraft’s Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor to help qualify the motor for human spaceflight, to help ensure Orion is ready from liftoff to splashdown for missions to the Moon. To source