Testing Galileo
Each Galileo satellite must go through a rigorous test campaign to assure its readiness for space
Source: ESA news
31
Jul
2017
31
Jul
2017
Extreme stellar factory
Space Science Image of the Week: Massive stars emerge from glowing gas and dust in one of the Milky Way’s most active stellar nurseries
Source: ESA news
31
Jul
2017
The flying kettle
A warm meal was quickly delivered by a drone from an ESA business incubator start-up to the last inhabitant in a remote village in Portugal.
Source: ESA news
29
Jul
2017
Docking replay
Paolo Nespoli and crewmates arrive at the International Space Station, aboard Soyuz MS-05
Source: ESA news
29
Jul
2017
Welcome aboard
Paolo Nespoli, Randy Bresnik and Sergey Ryazanskiy arrive at the International Space Station
Source: ESA news
29
Jul
2017
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli starts third mission on Space Station
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 CEST). Their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft circled Earth four times to catch up with the International Space Station six hours later and the crew are now settling into their new home and place of work for five months.
Source: ESA news
28
Jul
2017
Nespoli in space with VITA
VITA, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) mission, is under way and will take Paolo Nespoli to the International Space Station. European Space Agency (ESA)’s Italian astronaut left Earth at 5:41 pm Italian time, from the Russian base of Baikonur in Kazakhstan, aboard the Soyuz MS-05 capsule. Along with Nespoli, the Russian commander Sergei Ryazansky and the American astronaut Randy Bresnik are also on board.
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Source: ASI news
28
Jul
2017
EAP University Grant
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Source: AGI news
27
Jul
2017
Vita mission liftoff
Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July
Source: ESA news
27
Jul
2017
One plant at a time
Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.
Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4–5 cm.
Source: ESA news