In this video, materials specialist Tommaso Ghidini explains the challenge of preparing Solar Orbiter's sunshield to…
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Galileo satellites fixed to dispenser
Two of the four Galileo satellites are shown after their installation on the multi-passenger dispenser system,…
Materials make the space mission
Tommaso Ghidini, Head of ESA’s Materials Technology section Materials make the space mission: manufacturing materials and…
Tommaso Ghidini: Materials make the space mission
Space is a not a single environment, but many: so the manufacturing materials and processes used…
Coating to help Europe’s telecom satellites keep their cool
A surface coating originally developed for medical implants is set to safeguard the next generation of…
Mars in Lanzarote
ESA’s Matthias Maurer with ESA astronauts Luca Parmitano and Pedro Duque on a field trip for…
A sinister-looking aurora over Iceland
This whirling, twisting skyscape is an arresting and somewhat intimidating sight – a perfect Halloween Space…
Drop Your Thesis! 2016 – Breakteam
Break team from Queen Mary University of London and University of Seville during the 2016 Drop…
Drop Your Thesis! 2016 – STAR team
STAR team from University of Padova during the 2016 Drop Your Thesis! programme launch campaign at…
Putorana Plateau, Siberia
Sentinel-2A brings us over the snowy landscape of the Putorana Plateau in northern Central Siberia. The…