Tag: ESA

JWST – A new view of the Universe (ESA)

The world’s next generation cosmic observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is due for launch on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French...

ESA’s new and future exoplanet missions (ESA)

ESA’s trifecta of dedicated exoplanet missions – Cheops, Plato and Ariel – will also be complemented with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope mission. ESA...

Airbus will build ESA’s Ariel exoplanet satellite (ESA)

ESA and Airbus have signed a contract to move forward with the design and construction of the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, Ariel, planned...

Test tanks fuelled for ESA’s Themis reusable first stage (ESA)

Recently completed tests of two propellant tanks set a first technological milestone in the ESA reusability roadmap towards the demonstration of a reusable first...

A one-way phone call at Mars (ESA)

This November, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out a series of experimental communication tests with the Chinese (CNSA) Zhurong Mars rover. Mars Express successfully...

Sentinel-6 returning most precise data ever on sea level (ESA)

Sea-level rise is one of the most immediate consequences of climate change, as highlighted recently through urgent pleas from leaders of island nations at...

ESA accelerates 5G digital transformation (ESA)

ESA is working with Eureka, an international organisation for research and development funding and coordination, and its Celtic-Next cluster, which is developing next-generation communications...

Using space to foster development assistance for disaster resilience (ESA)

ESA’s Global Development Assistance Programme, brought to life by ESA Member States at Space19+, has officially kicked off its first action focused on agile...

Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before starting its main science mission (ESA)

Solar Orbiter is returning to Earth for a flyby before starting its main science mission to explore the Sun and its connection to ‘space...

Planetary defenders: after NASA’s DART comes ESA’s Hera (ESA)

The world will be watching the milestone launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on Wednesday, 24 November, intended to alter one small part...

ESA uses space to supercharge climate action (ESA)

After two weeks of negotiations, the summit – which was held in Glasgow in the UK – concluded with world governments working to agree...

ESA’s Biomass on track to target forests (ESA)

With more than 100 global leaders at COP26 having pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade...

RadCube reaches out (ESA)

ESA’s latest CubeSat – RadCube, for surveying space weather in low-Earth orbit – has completed its rigorous commissioning phase, culminating in the extension of...

Mapping our human footprint from space (ESA)

The world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050, according to the UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs. Urban areas are...

Tuning in to Earth’s climate (ESA)

Satellites observe the Earth using a range of wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. Different wavelengths allow us to probe different aspects of Earth’s land,...

Satellites pinpoint communities at risk of permafrost thaw (ESA)

Thawing permafrost in the Arctic is already unleashing methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, exacerbating global temperature rise. As well adding to the...