LISA Pathfinder, launching 2 December, will pave the way for future missions by testing the technology for gravitational wave detection To source
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Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 9-13 November 2015 To source
International effort reveals Greenland ice loss
One of Greenland’s glaciers is losing five billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean, according to researchers. While these new findings may be disturbing, they are reinforced by a concerted effort to map changes in ice sheets with different sensors from space agencies around the world. To source
Chinese painting
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A false-colour image of Qingdao and surroundings, in China, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Earth from Space
Join us Friday, 13 November, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-2A image of Qingdao and surroundings, in China To source
Thomas Pesquet closer to space with mission name Proxima
Today, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet revealed the name and logo for his six-month mission to the International Space Station starting next November. Thomas will be the 10th astronaut from France to head into space and his mission name of Proxima continues the French tradition of referring to stars and constellations. To source
Rosetta and Philae: one year since landing on a comet
One year since Philae made its historic landing on a comet, mission teams remain hopeful for renewed contact with the lander, while also looking ahead to next year’s grand finale: making a controlled impact of the Rosetta orbiter on the comet. To source
Earth from Space
Two experts join the show to tell us more about mapping urban areas from space To source
Trial by noise
Technology image of the week: ESA’s planet-spotting Cheops satellite being readied for acoustic testing To source
Ariane 5’s sixth launch this year
An Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites, Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15, into their planned orbits. To source
Watch TEDxESA live
On 11 November 2015 we are launching TEDxESA. Watch the livestream from 17:00 CET To source
Orion’s European module ready for testing
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Isolation ends
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: After more than 270 days of Antarctic isolation, the first plane touches down at Europe’s Concordia research station To source