ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano collecting rock samples during a simulated planetary mission in Lanzarote, October 2016.…
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Inauguration
ESA BIC Switzerland was inaugurated in Zurich 10 November 2016. From left: Professor Detlef Günther (ETH…
Earth from Space: Virunga mountains
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Explore the…
Virunga Mountains
This Sentinel-1 radar composite image features the Virunga Mountains in East Africa: a chain of volcanoes…
Sending a satellite safely to sleep
Down on Earth, everyone knows to remove batteries from electrical goods before recycling. When it comes…
Sending a satellite safely to sleep
Down on Earth, everyone knows to remove batteries from electrical goods before recycling. When it comes…
Virtual Milky Way
ESA’s Gaia is surveying stars in our Galaxy and local galactic neighbourhood in order to build…
Roland Weigand: Making space missions smarter
ESA microelectronics engineer Roland Weigand explains the importance of the Next Generation Microprocessor, currently undergoing evaluation. This…