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Station Science Top News: Dec. 13, 2024 NASA · 16 Dec 2024 Benchmarks for solidifying metal alloys Researchers report benchmark data for modeling the growth of specific types of microstructures that form during solidification of metal alloys under different conditions. These mic...
Planet-forming discs lived longer in early Universe ESA · 16 Dec 2024 Our understanding of planet formation in the Universe’s early days is challenged by new data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Webb solved a puzzle by proving a controversial finding made with the NASA/ES...
Europe signs contracts for IRIS² constellation SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2024 The European Commission and ESA signed contracts with an industrial consortium Dec. 16 to develop a secure connectivity constellation with a total cost of 10.6 billion euros ($11.1 billion).
ESA to support the development of EU’s secure communication satellites system ESA · 16 Dec 2024 A multi-orbit constellation of about 300 satellites that will deliver resilient, secure and fast communications for EU governments, European companies and citizens will be put in orbit after two contracts were confirmed...
Hubble Images a Grand Spiral NASA · 13 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the glorious spiral galaxy NGC 5643, which is located roughly 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf. NGC 5643 is a grand design spiral, which...
Join ESA FutureNAV Industry Day 2025 ESA · 13 Dec 2024 The first FutureNAV Industry Day, on 18 February 2025, will bring together European stakeholders in satellite navigation to explore the future of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies. This gathering will...
Earth from Space: Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland ESA · 13 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Growing a business: from apps to software for space on Proba-3 ESA · 13 Dec 2024 A key element of ESA’s role as Europe’s space agency is the expansion of space knowhow, by encouraging new actors into the field. Case in point: a Polish software company previously specialising in smartphone apps took o...
Hubble Captures an Edge-On Spiral with Curve Appeal NASA · 12 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. We don’t see the galaxy’s spiral arms because we are seeing it from the side. Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth in th...
Webb finds primeval star-forming galaxy that is lightweight ESA · 12 Dec 2024 For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has detected and ‘weighed’ a galaxy, in the early Universe, that has a mass that is similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same...
Smile's other half arrives | Let’s Smile (action snippet) ESA · 12 Dec 2024 On 9 December 2024, the Smile Platform arrived safely at Amsterdam Schiphol airport and was subsequently transported to ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. It came a...
Pathfinder activity to pave the way for European very heavy reusable rocket ESA · 12 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA to support Indian human spaceflight missions ESA · 12 Dec 2024 On 4 December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) signed an agreement that will see ESA provide ground station support to the missions in ISRO’s Gaganyaan human spacefl...
Third Time’s the Charm? ESA Once Again Publishes 60T Rocket Study Call European Spaceflight · 12 Dec 2024 The European Space Agency has published a third iteration of a proposed pathfinder study for the development of a European reusable super heavy-lift rocket capable of delivering 60 tonnes to low Earth orbit. ESA publishe...
AI-powered satellite data reveals clouds in 3D ESA · 11 Dec 2024 Launched in May 2024, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite is nearing the end of its commissioning phase with the release of its first data on clouds and aerosols expected early next year. In the meantime, an international team of...
Space elf on the shelf ESA · 11 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Swarm vs. space radiation – the first 10 years ESA · 10 Dec 2024 Satellites in orbit can become absentminded. Space radiation randomly flips onboard memory bits, potentially corrupting mission data and functionality. To better understand how this invisible onslaught works in practice,...
Space design chamber made in LEGO ESA · 10 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs ESA · 10 Dec 2024 Today, ESA’s powerful X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, celebrates 25 years in space. From planets to black holes, the space telescope has delivered many ground-breaking observations of a variety of celestial objects. And t...
UK methane leak spotted using satellites ESA · 9 Dec 2024 Researchers from the University of Leeds have detected methane leaking from a faulty pipe in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK, using GHGSat satellite data – part of ESA’s Third Party Mission Programme. This marks the firs...
Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River NASA · 6 Dec 2024 The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 1637, a spiral galaxy located 38 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus, the River. This image comes from an observing program dedica...
Earth from Space: First seasonal snow ESA · 6 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Sparking Ignis ESA · 6 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA’s Vega-C Returns to Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Dec 2024 ESA’s Vega-C rocket returned to flight today almost two years after a failure that contributed to Europe’s loss of space launch autonomy. Coupled with delays in development of the large
Vega-C takes Sentinel-1C into orbit ESA · 5 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Radar mission takes to the skies ESA · 5 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
The power of two: Proba-3 ESA · 5 Dec 2024 ESA’s eclipse-making Proba-3 double satellite mission has made it to space! Learn more about Proba-3 from the mission team as they bid farewell to their spacecraft, while ESA's Director General Josef Aschbacher wishes th...
Proba-3 lift-off replay ESA · 5 Dec 2024 ESA’s Proba-3 mission lifted off on its PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Thursday, 5 December, at 11:34 CET (10:34 GMT, 16:04 local time).
Eclipse-making double satellite Proba-3 enters orbit ESA · 5 Dec 2024 A pair of spacecraft were launched together today from India with the potential to change the nature of future space missions. ESA’s twin Proba-3 platforms will perform precise formation flying down to a single millimetr...
Silver Journeys – Space Rider woodcut poster ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Silver Journeys – Vega-C woodcut poster ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Silver Journeys – Ariane 6 woodcut poster ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Vega-C complete for return to flight ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field ESA · 4 Dec 2024 Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found new galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster. Their characteristics reveal that new galaxies are forming in these large cos...
Proba-3: Because it is hard ESA · 4 Dec 2024 Not because it is easy but because it is hard: this historic space phrase is pretty much the definition of ESA’s double-satellite Proba-3 mission, which will employ precise formation flying to produce artificial total so...
ESA Publishes Updated Call for Reusable Super Heavy-Lift Rocket Initiative European Spaceflight · 3 Dec 2024 The European Space Agency has published an updated call for a study to explore the development of a reusable super heavy-lift rocket capable of delivering 60 tonnes to low Earth orbit. On 20 November, ESA published a cal...
Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve ESA · 3 Dec 2024 ESA’s Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150 metres apart. For six hours at a time, it will be able to see the Sun’s faint atmosphere, the corona,...
ESA teams up with Massive Attack to boost climate action ESA · 2 Dec 2024 A mesmerising audiovisual experience from trip-hop collective Massive Attack that blends an original score with stunning satellite images of Earth was enjoyed by thousands of climate enthusiasts in Liverpool.
Research study sets path for a global 5G space network ESA · 2 Dec 2024 Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in bringing 5G technology to space, marking a pivotal moment in telecommunications history. The 5G Infrastructure Study (5G-IS), funded by ESA’s Connectivity and Secure Communicat...
ESA, OpenCosmos sign contract for NanoMagSat mission SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2024 European smallsat developer Open Cosmos has signed a contract with ESA for a trio of cubesats to study the Earth’s magnetic field and ionosphere.

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