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\nHuman spaceflight and operations image of the week for 27 October 2015: All Hallows\u2019 Eve celebrates the cycle of destruction and rebirth, which our Cluster mission knows well.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis is a high-resolution scan of a debris fragment recovered after the launch loss of the first Cluster mission, in 1996.\n<\/p>\n
\nIt was included in an art installation displayed at ESA\u2019s ESOC operations centre in September, as part of the celebration of 15 years in orbit for the second set of Cluster satellites.\n<\/p>\n
\nOn 4 June 1996, the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 rocket ended in a spectacular explosion just seconds after liftoff from ESA\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at a height of 3500 m. The failure was later determined to be an error in the control software. Debris was scattered over many square kilometres of swamp, ocean and savanna.\n<\/p>\n
\nAriane was carrying the four satellites of the new Cluster mission, set to investigate Earth\u2019s magnetic environment and its 3D interaction with the solar wind.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe mission was considered so crucial that the satellites were rebuilt and, in 2000, Cluster was relaunched, becoming the first with four identical spacecraft flying in formation to study the Sun\u2013Earth interaction. Today, the quartet continues to unravel the secrets of the invisible particles and magnetic fields that envelop our planet.\n<\/p>\n
\nIn 2015, ESA celebrates 15 years of teamwork, extraordinary flight operations and the wealth of scientific discoveries returned by Cluster.\n<\/p>\n
\nTo mark this anniversary, artist Sascha Mikloweit<\/a> was invited to work with some of the original Cluster debris. His installation, All Parts of the Subsystem are Present, was displayed at ESOC and comprised debris fragments, very-high-resolution image scans and video.\n<\/p>\n \n\u201cAll Hallows\u2019 Eve reminds us of destruction and birth, perhaps the most essential cycle in our Universe, whether applied to galaxies, stars, rocketships or humans,\u201d says Sascha.\n<\/p>\n \n\u201cThis image symbolises that cycle, celebrating the loss, rebirth and now 15 years of scientific success that is the Cluster mission.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \nMore information via the artist\u2019s website: http:\/\/www.mikloweit.net<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nCluster mission<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nCluster operations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nHuman spaceflight and operations image of the week for 27 October 2015: All Hallows\u2019 Eve celebrates the cycle of destruction and rebirth, which our Cluster mission knows well.\n<\/p>\n \nThis is a high-resolution scan of a debris fragment recovered after the launch loss of the first Cluster mission, in 1996.\n<\/p>\n \nIt was included in an art installation displayed at ESA\u2019s ESOC operations centre in September, as part of the celebration of 15 years in orbit for the second set of Cluster satellites.\n<\/p>\n \nOn 4 June 1996, the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 rocket ended in a spectacular explosion just seconds after liftoff from ESA\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at a height of 3500 m. The failure was later determined to be an error in the control software. Debris was scattered over many square kilometres of swamp, ocean and savanna.\n<\/p>\n \nAriane was carrying the four satellites of the new Cluster mission, set to investigate Earth\u2019s magnetic environment and its 3D interaction with the solar wind.\n<\/p>\n \nThe mission was considered so crucial that the satellites were rebuilt and, in 2000, Cluster was relaunched, becoming the first with four identical spacecraft flying in formation to study the Sun\u2013Earth interaction. Today, the quartet continues to unravel the secrets of the invisible particles and magnetic fields that envelop our planet.\n<\/p>\n \nIn 2015, ESA celebrates 15 years of teamwork, extraordinary flight operations and the wealth of scientific discoveries returned by Cluster.\n<\/p>\n \nTo mark this anniversary, artist Sascha Mikloweit<\/a> was invited to work with some of the original Cluster debris. His installation, All Parts of the Subsystem are Present, was displayed at ESOC and comprised debris fragments, very-high-resolution image scans and video.\n<\/p>\n \n\u201cAll Hallows\u2019 Eve reminds us of destruction and birth, perhaps the most essential cycle in our Universe, whether applied to galaxies, stars, rocketships or humans,\u201d says Sascha.\n<\/p>\n \n\u201cThis image symbolises that cycle, celebrating the loss, rebirth and now 15 years of scientific success that is the Cluster mission.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \nMore information via the artist\u2019s website: http:\/\/www.mikloweit.net<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n