Engineers mount the sunshield and solar array module to the rest of ESA’s Plato spacecraft. The…
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ESA – Plato spreads its wings
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers recently completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission…
Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
Science & Exploration 09/10/2025 145 views 1 likes By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers…
Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars
Dust devils are whirlwinds of dust that are blown across Mars’s surface. They are one way…
Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars
Science & Exploration 08/10/2025 91 views 2 likes In brief Combing through 20 years of images…
Sentinel-1D integrated on the dolly
Sentinel-1D adjustment onto the spacecraft integration trolley. Once positioned, the spacecraft was inspected to confirm its…
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF
On 3 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS…
ESA – Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-6B
Five years after the launch of Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’, mission control team at ESA’s European Space…
Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell
Applications 08/10/2025 24 views 0 likes During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20…
Sentinel-1D preparations underway in Kourou
Applications 08/10/2025 113 views 1 likes The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is about to get its fourth…