Central Algeria: image of the week
Another gorgeous image from Sentinel-2A captured of the Sahara desert in central Algeria.
Astro Pi Prize - CGI visit
Charlie Maclean and his Astro Pi coding excellence prize visit to CGI
Déjà vu: image of the week
This week’s #IOTW shows European astronaut Andreas Mogensen during a ‘fit-check’ of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft, ready for his trip next week. Mogensen, Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov will be departing from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 05:34 BST (2 September 2015) …
A word from our Space Economist.
"Within the Agency, we want to ensure the evidence on the impact of our policies and the benefits that they produce for the UK are the best they can be. It is important that every pound spent by government represents …
Watching over us: image of the week
Last month, (July 2015) Europe’s Copernicus programme released this fascinating image of a glacier in Greenland. Environmental information helps us understand how our planet is changing and the role man-kind has to play in this. The Copernicus programme uses the …
A tinge on Pluto: image of the week
On 14 July, NASA’s New Horizons took the closest images of Pluto, the only planet in our solar system unexplored by space probes.
Could you lead Europe’s space ambitions?
Posted by:
Steven Watson, Posted on:
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Satellite navigation, Space exploration, Space science
The European Space Agency has launched a recruitment process for 8 Director-level posts.
Supernova environment: image of the week
This week's image of the week looks at Supernova remnant W44 and its environment (November 2012).
From urine samples to space conferences: it's been a busy couple of weeks!
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Tatiana, Posted on:
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Categories:
Digital communications, Education, Events, Space science
From making pee in pots to helping open a new ESA building, the last two weeks have kept everyone here on their toes.
Successful PRS fix by UK EXPLORERS consortium
The EXPLORERS consortium have successfully obtained position fixes using a combined group of Galileo IOC and FOC satellites. The fixes occurred on 3 July 2015 using both Galileo Open Service and Public Regulated Service (PRS) signals. The fixes were obtained …