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march 06, 2017 - European Space Agency

Vloggers recently spent two days at ESA’s astronaut centre to prepare for space – at least for the virtual world of the new Mass Effect: #andromeda computer game.ESA’s centre in #cologne, Germany, wel...



march 01, 2017 - European Space Agency

Developers of an app that combines the increasing availability of satellite images with social networking took home the top prize at this year’s Space App Camp in Barcelona. The App Camp offers access...



february 24, 2017 - European Space Agency

As we launch ever-more advanced spacecraft to probe our Solar System and investigate space beyond, the question of efficient and reliable communications is of paramount importance. To better prepare t...



february 23, 2017 - European Space Agency

A novel airborne experiment over the flat agricultural landscape of the Netherlands recently simulated, for the first time, images that could be taken by radar satellites orbiting in tandem. Involving...



february 21, 2017 - European Space Agency

Tomorrow, a Space-X Dragon cargo ferry will be launched to the International Space Station packed with supplies, experiments, tools and food for the six astronauts living and working high above Earth....



february 17, 2017 - European Space Agency

16 February 2017 Following the appearance of a large crack in the ice shelf close to the Halley VI research station in Antarctica, information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites ...



february 16, 2017 - European Space Agency

ESA’s involvement in the world of art is entering a new dimension, thanks to the cooperation with the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, with the idea of making space activities as inclusive as p...



february 16, 2017 - European Space Agency

This year ESA is organising two teacher  workshops dedicated to European primary and secondary school teachers. The summer edition will take place from 11 to 14 July 2017; the autumn edition from 5 to...



february 16, 2017 - European Space Agency

As liftoff day draws closer, the Sentinel-2B ‘to do list’ list is shrinking as tasks are ticked off, including the tricky process of fuelling the satellite. And, even despite having to do a few unexpe...



february 15, 2017 - European Space Agency

Today, ground control in Belgium switched off a package that had been continuously watching the Sun from the International Space Station for nine years. ‘Solar’ has been measuring most of the radiatio...



february 08, 2017 - European Space Agency

A novel way of using ESA’s CryoSat mission has revealed how lakes beneath Thwaites Glacier drained into the Amundsen Sea – potentially the largest such outflow ever reported in this region of West Ant...



february 08, 2017 - European Space Agency

For years, their existence has been debated: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere that sport names such as red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves. Reported by pilots, they are diffi...



february 08, 2017 - European Space Agency

FRICTION-STIR WELDED TITANIUM TANK TESTED BY X-RAY 8 February 2017 A section of titanium fuel tank for a satellite produced through a novel welding technique has been subjected to detailed X-ray analy...



february 07, 2017 - European Space Agency

7 February 2017 ESA’s latest Mars orbiter has moved itself into a new path on its way to achieving the final orbit for probing the Red Planet. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter arrived last October on a m...



february 07, 2017 - European Space Agency

The Alpbach Summer School will be held from 18 to 27 July 2017, and its topic will be ‘Dust in the Universe’. University students and young graduates have until 31 March  to apply.Held annually since ...