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ESA Council of Ministers: Decision time for shaping the future of space

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 17 November 2022 - Categories: Events, International
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The next meeting of the European Council of Ministers will take place in November in Paris. But what is it all about?

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Discovering Mars: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 1 April 2016 - Categories: Image of the week, Space exploration, Space science

This image of the Hellas Basin was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express later last year (6 December 2016).

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Storm Jake: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 11 March 2016 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week

Launched 3 weeks ago (16 February 2016), Sentinel-3A has already delivered impressive first images for Europe’s Copernicus programme. The 3 instruments on the satellite will be used to measure Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere. The image above shows Storm …

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SOHO: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 4 December 2015 - Categories: Image of the week, Space exploration

Celebrate 20 years of uninterrupted views of our Sun. In December 1995, the ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) launched into space, eventually reaching around 1.5 million kilometres closer to the Sun. From protecting our planet to investigating how the …

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Sudan: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 27 November 2015 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week
The capital of Sudan, as captured by Sentinel-2A. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2015)/ESA

Taken merely 5 days after it arrived in orbit (28 June 2015), Sentinel-2A took this false-colour image of Sudan’s capital and second largest city, Khartoum. Khartoum sits between the Blue Nile River (which can be seen on the upper right …

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Ask the Expert: Beth Healey, Friday 9 October

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 8 October 2015 - Categories: Digital communications, Space science

This week we will be joined by Dr Beth Healey, Research MD with the European Space Agency.

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Déjà vu: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 28 August 2015 - Categories: 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) …

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From urine samples to space conferences: it's been a busy couple of weeks!

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 23 July 2015 - 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.

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Update: Rocket Science: a change of plan

Posted by: Libby Jackson, Posted on: 30 June 2015 - Categories: Education, Principia

At 05:38 BST (2 September 2015), Andreas Mogensen, Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched on the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft into orbit. The cargo being carried with them includes 2kg of rocket seeds, ready for Tim Peake’s mission in December …

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50 Years of spacewalks: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 5 June 2015 - Categories: Earth observation, Image of the week, Space exploration

This week (3 June 2015) is the 50th anniversary of the first NASA spacewalk. Edward H. White II floated for more than 20 minutes in the microgravity of space on the Gemini IV mission in 1965. At the end of …

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