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Ignis mission patch and name
The Ignis mission, Poland’s first technological and scientific mission to the International Space Station, will include…
Earth from Space: Agricultural patchwork, Romania
A colourful patchwork of agricultural fields is pictured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1…
ESA – Viewing a flaky disc
Featured in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the spiral galaxy NGC 2090, located in…
Sentinel-1C ready for encapsulation in Vega-C’s fairing
Copernicus Sentinel-1C standing proud on its payload adapter between the two fairing halves that will protect the spacecraft…
Encapsulating Sentinel-1C inside Vega-C’s fairing
On 19 November 2024 at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Earth-observer Sentinel-1C and its payload adapter…
ESA – Space Rider drone inspection
Animation showing possible operations for ESA’s reusable laboratory Space Rider deploying an inspection drone. Space Rider…
ESA – Space Rider orbital ballet
Animation showing a possible interoperability application in orbit of payload deployment and retrieval operations with ESA’s…
Hubble and Webb’s views of the Sombrero Galaxy
This slider tool features two views of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104).…
ESA – Avio’s Zefiro-40 firing
Avio’s Zefiro-40 solid rocket motor test-fire. On 3 October 2024 the Zefiro-40, the second stage of…