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ESA/NASA’s SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky NASA · 11 Oct 2024 The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts NASA · 11 Oct 2024 The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. It is also known as Caldwell 45. The Cal...
Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come ESA · 10 Oct 2024 The day began with an 85% chance that bad weather would cause a launch delay: it ended with ESA’s Hera mission successfully in space and enroute to the Didymos binary asteroid system.
Space-made weld scrutinised in ESA lab ESA · 10 Oct 2024 ESA engineers have focused microscopes, hardness testers and an X-ray computer aided tomography machine onto a special aluminium weld just a single centimetre across – the historic result of the very first autonomous wel...
Cryptic Mars, a land shaped by ice ESA · 9 Oct 2024 ESA’s Mars Express has captured an astonishing array of landforms emerging from a thick winter blanket of frost as spring arrives in the south polar region of Mars. Some of these features are surprisingly dark compared w...
Five reasons to join the European Space Agency! ESA · 9 Oct 2024 In 2023, ESA published more than 400 vacancies in engineering, science and business and administration and more positions continue to be published as we are always on the lookout for talented new colleagues to join us. S...
Moon vision ESA · 8 Oct 2024 A camera destined for the Moon became part of the astronauts’ toolkit during ESA’s latest PANGAEA geology training in Lanzarote, Spain.
ESA’s Hera Planetary Defence Probe Launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 European Spaceflight · 8 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defence probe has begun its two-year journey to a distant asteroid after being successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Hera was developed under ESA’s Space Safety...
Against the Odds, Hera Lifts Off on Its Planetary Defense Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Oct 2024 Despite a grim weather forecast, ESA’s Hera planetary defense spacecraft lifted off on time this morning enroute to the double asteroid Didymos/Dimorphos. Hera will study the after-effects of NASA’s 2022...
Hera asteroid mission - launch highlights ESA · 7 Oct 2024 ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, on 7 October at 10:52 local time (16:52 CEST, 14:52 UTC).
Hera asteroid mission liftoff ESA · 7 Oct 2024 ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, on 7 October at 10:52 local time (16:52 CEST, 14:52 UTC).
Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission SpaceNews · 7 Oct 2024 A Falcon 9 successfully launched a European asteroid mission Oct. 7 in a partial return to flight for the rocket.
Why are we going back to this asteroid? ESA · 7 Oct 2024 Hera, ESA’s first planetary defence mission, is headed to space.
ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight NASASpaceflight · 7 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as a follow-up to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, beat weather odds and successfully l...
The Spanish Space Agency Unveils Its New Logo European Spaceflight · 7 Oct 2024 Spain’s Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities, Diana Morant has unveiled the first official logo for the fledgling Spanish space agency AEE. Despite being a founding member of the European Space Agency (ESA),...
ESA’s Hera spacecraft launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida Spaceflight Now · 7 Oct 2024 The mission is a follow-on from NASA’s planetary defense mission, DART, which succeeded in changing the orbit of an asteroid around its larger neighbor. Liftoff happened at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC).
Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere NASASpaceflight · 6 Oct 2024 In June 2023, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo mission performed a flyby of its target planet — Mercury. During the flyby, the spacecraft experienced a va...
FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2024 The FAA has granted approval for the Falcon 9 launch of ESA’s Hera asteroid mission, but is keeping the vehicle grounded for now for other missions.
Young professionals invited to join ESA Academy Product Assurance Training Course ESA · 4 Oct 2024 Students learning about Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) components Product Assurance
Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape NASA · 4 Oct 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy, NGC 4694. Most galaxies fall into one of two basic types. Spiral galaxies are young and energetic, filled with the gas needed to form new stars and sporting...
Proba-3 double satellites set for launch following last test ESA · 4 Oct 2024 In a final test before its shipping to its Indian launch site, ESA’s eclipse-making double-satellite Proba-3 mission has received commands from its science team and transmitted images back, exactly as it will operate in...
ESA’s Hera Ready to Go When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Resumes Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Oct 2024 ESA is ready to launch its Hera planetary defense mission just as soon as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is back in business. The launch window opens on Monday. SpaceX suspended...
Service Module, assemble! ESA · 3 Oct 2024 ESA's third European Service Module is connected to the Crew Module Adapter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Sentinel-2 unveils the seasonal rhythm of intertidal seagrass ESA · 3 Oct 2024 Thanks to an ESA-funded project and data from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, researchers have revealed seasonal variations in intertidal seagrass across Western Europe and North Africa. As a key indicator of biodiver...
No place too remote: Enabling satellite connectivity from Pole to Pole ESA · 3 Oct 2024 To achieve truly global connectivity, telecommunications satellites are essential. Through the Sunrise Partnership Project with Eutelsat OneWeb – part of Eutelsat Group – and support from the UK Space Agency, ESA is exte...
ESA’s Hera mission progresses towards launch pending Falcon 9 readiness Spaceflight Now · 2 Oct 2024 The journey to the binary asteroid system, Didymos and its moon, Dimorphos, will take place over a roughly two-year period. The launch window lasts from October 7-27.
ESA continues Hera launch preparations amid Falcon 9 grounding SpaceNews · 2 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency is proceeding with preparations for the launch of an asteroid mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 even though the rocket remains grounded after an upper-stage anomaly on its most recent flight.
Uplifting news! ESA crowns new deep space antenna in Australia ESA · 2 Oct 2024 This September saw the completion of a critical milestone for the construction of ESA's new deep space communication antenna in New Norcia, Australia: the lifting of the 122-tonne reflector dish.
€2.4M in ESA Funding to Boost SpaceForest Rocket Development European Spaceflight · 2 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded €2.4 million in co-funding to Poland’s SpaceForest for further development of its Perun rocket. ESA awarded the funding as part of the agency’s Boost! initiative. Adopted by member s...
NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt NASA · 1 Oct 2024 From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped p...
ESA to Build Exercise Machine for Gateway Space Station European Spaceflight · 1 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has published a call for the development of a multi-use exercise machine that will be used by astronauts visiting the lunar Gateway space station. ESA is contributing several elements of the Gat...
ESA releases new strategy for Earth observation ESA · 30 Sep 2024 ESA has released its new Earth Observation Science Strategy, Earth Science in Action for Tomorrow’s World. Responding to the escalating threats from climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and extreme weather and th...
The latest edition of ESA Impact is here ESA · 30 Sep 2024 The latest edition of ESA Impact is here
One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of cosmic material around supernova remnant and black hole NASASpaceflight · 29 Sep 2024 In September 2023, the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) telescope launched into low-Earth orbit atop a Japanese H-IIA r...
The journey of Juice – episode 1 ESA · 27 Sep 2024 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), is on an epic eight-year journey to Jupiter. This first episode of ‘The journey of Juice’ tells the story of Juice’s first months in space, from its launch on 14 April 2023 to it...
Hubble Captures Stellar Nurseries in a Majestic Spiral NASA · 27 Sep 2024 This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium. It sports a glowing bar in its core, majestically winding...
Hubble Captures Steller Nurseries in a Majestic Spiral NASA · 27 Sep 2024 This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium. It sports a glowing bar in its core, majestically winding...
LUNA analog facility – The Moon on Earth ESA · 26 Sep 2024 LUNA recreates the Moon's surface on Earth next to ESA’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. The collaborative project between ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will provide a training ground for astronau...
Hubble sees black hole beam boosting stellar eruptions ESA · 26 Sep 2024 In a surprise finding, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its...
Look inside ESA’s Hera asteroid mission ESA · 26 Sep 2024 Hera is ESA's first planetary defence mission, set to probe the lingering mysteries of a unique target among the 1.3 million known asteroids of our Solar System: the first body to have had its orbit shifted by human acti...

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