Moving ahead with Italys...
Today, during the 75th International Astronautical Congress taking place in Milan, Italy, ESA signed the extension of contracts with Argotec and Thales Alenia Space Italia (TASI) for the production ...
EarthCARE synergy reveals power of...
With the initial images from each of the instruments aboard ESA's EarthCARE satellite now in hand, it's time to reveal how these four advanced sensors work in synergy to measure exactly how clouds ...
Contract secures build for ESAs...
ESA has awarded a contract valued at over ?280 million to OHB in Germany to build ESA's two Harmony Earth Explorer satellites.This innovative research mission will provide valuable new data on ...
Living Planet Symposium 2025: time...
ESA's Living Planet Symposium 2025 will take place from 23?27 June 2025 at the Austria Center Vienna, Austria. As this prestigious event approaches, now is the time to submit your abstracts for a ...
Earth from Space: Hardap Dam, Namibia
Resembling a Martian-like surface, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of the Hardap region in south-central Namibia on the western edge of the Kalahari Desert.Hardap is a hot and arid ...
Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come
The day began with an 85% chance that bad weather would cause a launch delay: it ended with ESA's Hera mission successfully in space and en route to the Didymos binary asteroid system.At 16:52 CEST ...
First all-new MetOp complete and...
With all instruments integrated, the first MetOp Second Generation-A, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite is now fully assembled and on schedule for liftoff next year. Meanwhile, its sibling, MetOp-SG-B1, ...
Sound of Earths magnetic flip 41 000...
Approximately 41 000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field briefly reversed during what is known as the Laschamp event. During this time, Earth's magnetic field weakened significantly?dropping to a ...
Sentinel-1C arrives in French Guiana
The Sentinel-1C satellite, the third satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, has arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana for liftoff on the Vega-C rocket at the end of 2024. The ...
Mission control GO for Hera launch
At ESA's ESOC mission control centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by the pre-launch briefing ? and the all-important team photos.The next spacecraft to be flown from ESOC, Hera, ...
