On 16 October, seven months and 500 million km after launching from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the…
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ESA
Alessandro Cozzani: Lights, cameras, action for satellite testing
Satellites in airless space must endure high and low temperatures simultaneously, as some parts are exposed…
Spinning station
On 10 October, ESA’s deep-space radio dish in Cebreros, Spain, transmitted an 866 sec interstellar message…
CubeSat times two
Technology image of the week: the contract is signed for ESA's newest, biggest small nanosatellite yet:…
GomX-4B with GomX-4A
ESA has signed a contract for its biggest small nanosatellite yet: GomX-4B will be a ‘6-unit’…
Thomas during training at GCTC
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during training on Soyuz docking simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre…
Thomas, Oleg and Peggy
From left: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, at…
Schiaparelli’s camera sequence
In this simulation, the ‘footprints’ of Schiaparelli’s 15 descent camera images follow a roughly clockwise order,…
ExoMars Science
On Mars there are dust storms, polar ice caps and four distinct seasons. This dynamic world…