Space making the virtual a reality
What do astronauts, Pokémon, wildlife park rangers and surgeons all have in common?
International Team, NASA Make Unexpected Discovery Under Greenland Ice
An international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice in northwest Greenland.
Super-Earth Orbiting Barnard’s Star
The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth — a so-called super-Earth. One of the largest observing campaigns to date using data from a world-wide array of telescopes, including ESO’s planet-hunting...
Harnessing artificial intelligence for sustainability goals
As ESA’s ɸ-week continues to provoke and inspire participants on new ways of using Earth observation for monitoring our world to benefit the citizens of today and of the future, it is clear that artificial intelligence is set to play...
ɸ and citizen science
During ɸ-week, Margaret Gold from the European Citizen Science Association talks about the advantages of citizens getting involved to support Earth observation
ɸ-week and AI
The focus of the second day of ESA’s ɸ-week was on applying artificial intelligence to Earth observation, and a boot camp
UNICEF and ɸ: Earth observation and innovation for the most vulnerable
Every day, UNICEF works to help children that are victims of poverty, disease, conflict, migration and more. These problems are not only tragic, but also extremely complex. To further improve the way it works, UNICEF is taking a...
NASA Brings Mars Landing, First in Six Years, to Viewers Everywhere Nov. 26
NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately 3 p.m. EST Nov. 26, and viewers everywhere can watch coverage of the event...
New York Students to Speak with Astronaut Aboard Space Station
NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, currently orbiting Earth as part of the International Space Station’s Expedition 57 crew, will answer questions from students at New York’s University Prep Charter High School at 11:05 a.m. EST Friday, Nov. 16.
NASA to Broadcast Administrator’s Welcome for Orion’s European Powerhouse
NASA is hosting an event at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9 a.m. EST Friday, Nov. 16, to celebrate the arrival of the European Service Module for the agency’s Orion spacecraft.
Mapping the night
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Astronaut photos of Earth from space shine a light on light pollution
NASA to Air Launch of Russian Cargo Ship, Docking at International Space Station
Loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies, a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:14 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 16 (12:14 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, Baikonur time), to...
New horizon for space transportation services
ESA reaches out to encourage open innovation and offer support. A global response to ESA’s call for ideas on new space transportation services has resulted in 79 proposals of which 41 were considered eligible for expert advice...
Discover ɸ
A look back at the first day of ɸ-week, where among other things, participants express what ɸ means to them
ɸ-week kicks off
With satellites delivering a mindboggling amount of data about our planet along with the availability of the latest digital technologies, there are countless opportunities for innovation. ESA’s ɸ-week, which kicked off today, explores...
Talking ɸ
With ESA’s ɸ-week underway in Italy, Director General, Jan Wörner, talks about what ɸ means to him
ESA’s space vision presented at Paris Peace Forum
ESA astronaut Claudie Haigneré attended the Paris Peace Forum this weekend, presenting the Agency’s vision for engaging humankind in multilateral cooperation for space exploration with peaceful objectives.
ESA’s 25 years of telecom: the beginning
As ESA’s umbrella programme for telecom, ARTES, celebrates its 25th year, we will be examining why it was set up, how it and the European satcom environment have evolved, the opportunities and challenges that both face today, and what...
ESA’s 25 years of telecom: marking a milestone
As ESA’s umbrella programme for telecom, ARTES, celebrates its 25th year, we will be examining why it was set up, how it and the European satcom environment have evolved, the opportunities and challenges that both face today, and what...
Předání družice MetOp-C
Letové týmy v operačním středisku ESA ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) v německém Darmstadtu předaly v sobotu ráno řízení družice MetOp-C organizaci Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of...