Pine Island is the largest glacier in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and one of the…
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ESA at the Big Bang Fair
ESA at the Big Bang Fair 2014 The Big Bang is the largest celebration of science,…
Togged up in ‘scape suits’
Fuelling a satellite is particularly dangerous, so the team has to wear ‘scape suits’ for protection.…
Sentinel-1 fully loaded
The Sentinel-1A satellite is now fuelled. This rather hazardous operation cannot be rushed and took a…
Ice sheet contribution to sea-level rise
This animation merges 20 years of satellite data to demonstrate how much – and how fast…
Star-forming region ON2
Massive stars are born in tumultuous clouds of gas and dust. They lead a brief but…
Sentinel-1: seeing through clouds
As an advanced radar mission, Sentinel-1 can image the surface of Earth through cloud and rain…
Safer seas with Sentinel-1
Sentinel-1 delivers radar imagery for numerous applications. Images acquired over the ocean are essential for generating…
ESRIN Open Days 18-21 March: a “global” experience
ESRIN’s Open Days 2014 gave 1400 young students and their teachers a rare opportunity to learn…
When can we see the comet?
Visualisation of how comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko will appear in Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow angle camera between May and…