All of our most skilled space capabilities depend ultimately on an object such as this. Carefully…
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Body-mounted astronaut joystick
Body-mounted astronaut joystick for the Haptics-1 experiment, developed by ESA's Telerobotics and Haptics Laboratory as part…
Sentinel-1 EDRS laser
The Laser Communication Terminal (LCT) unit on Sentinel-1 transmits data to the ground facility via the…
Sentinel-1 radar modes
The C-band synthetic aperture radar on Sentinel-1 operates in four acquisition modes, the primary two being…
Sentinel-1
Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites, will be used to care for many aspects…
Sentinel-1 Fregat separation
Artist’s impression of the Sentinel-1 launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Unloading Sentinel-1
Unloading Sentinel-1 from the Antonov aircraft, which arrived in French Guiana on 24 February 2014. Sentinel-1…
Cloaked in red
This stunning new Hubble image shows a small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of…
Alexander using a flare for survival training
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst using a flare during winter survival training near Star City, Russia, on 23…