Gonzalo Martín-de-Mercado specialises in optical telecommunications. He speaks about how his academic background helps him to…
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Irish mosaic
The Sentinel-1A satellite takes us over to Ireland, in this multi-temporal colour composite of land coverage…
Earth from Space: Irish mosaic
Earth from Space is presented by Malì Cecere from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…
Fly your satellite
Next 22 April, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, a Soyuz rocket will launch Sentinel-1B for…
STEM careers in the classroom – Inflight call with Tim Peake
On Thursday 14 April, ESA astronaut Tim Peake connected live from space with teachers in Norway,…
Sentinel-2 captures Nansen fracture
Before the onset of winter and shorter daylight hours, Sentinel-2A captured a spectacular series of images…
Gaming the system
Technology image of the week: Clean Space's new board game helps educate engineers about the environmental…
Clean Space board game
It might not look like a training exercise: space engineers sitting around a meeting table, throwing…
ExoMars first light
The first image taken by the Trace Gas Orbiter of the ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission. The…
Simulated satellites: a promising tool for mission development
Increased use of virtual models and simulations early in a space mission’s development could deliver greater…