The space telescope CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) has left a clean room in Switzerland, where it…
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InSight in sight
On 5 May 2018, ESA's 35 m-diameter deep-space radio dish at New Norcia, Western Australia, monitored NASA’s…
InSight in sight
On 5 May 2018, ESA's 35 m-diameter deep-space radio dish at New Norcia, Western Australia, monitored NASA’s…
Earthquake-strength testing
Typically ESA’s shaker tables are used to replicate the powerful vibration of a rocket taking off.…
Earthquake-strength testing
Typically ESA’s shaker tables are used to replicate the powerful vibration of a rocket taking off.…
Horizons vision
‘Horizons’ is the name of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s second mission to the International Space Station.…
Horizons vision
‘Horizons’ is the name of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s second mission to the International Space Station.…
Crisscrossed rings
At first glance, Saturn’s rings appear to be intersecting themselves in an impossible way. In actuality,…
Crisscrossed rings
At first glance, Saturn’s rings appear to be intersecting themselves in an impossible way. In actuality,…
EXOMARS ready for science
ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter mission arrived at Mars in October 2016. After a year spent carefully…