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ESA Space Science
22 Jan 2020, 07:00 UTC
Artist's impression of an Atlas V 411 launching Solar Orbiter into space.
Solar Orbiter launch
22 Jan 2020, 07:00 UTC
Artist's impression of an Atlas V 411 launching Solar Orbiter into space.
ESA Space Science
20 Jan 2020, 16:00 UTC
Observations from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft are shedding light on the mysterious make-up of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, revealing a mix of compounds thought to be essential precursors to life – including salts of ammonium and a particular type of hydrocarbons.
Building blocks of life spotted on Rosetta’s comet hint at composition of its birthplace
20 Jan 2020, 16:00 UTC
Observations from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft are shedding light on the mysterious make-up of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, revealing a mix of compounds thought to be essential precursors to life – including salts of ammonium and a particular type of hydrocarbons.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
17 Jan 2020, 12:43 UTC
A prototype oxygen plant has been set up in the Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory of the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, based in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
Hubble Views Galaxy From Famous Catalog
17 Jan 2020, 12:43 UTC
A prototype oxygen plant has been set up in the Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory of the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, based in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
ESA Space Science
16 Jan 2020, 15:00 UTC
ESA’s XMM-Newton has discovered that gas lurking within the Milky Way’s halo reaches far hotter temperatures than previously thought and has a different chemical make-up than predicted, challenging our understanding of our galactic home.
XMM-Newton discovers scorching gas in Milky Way’s halo
16 Jan 2020, 15:00 UTC
ESA’s XMM-Newton has discovered that gas lurking within the Milky Way’s halo reaches far hotter temperatures than previously thought and has a different chemical make-up than predicted, challenging our understanding of our galactic home.
ESA Top News
16 Jan 2020, 08:30 UTC
The Rosalind Franklin rover of the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars mission completed a series of environmental tests at the end of 2019 at Airbus, Toulouse, France. This included final thermal and vacuum tests where the Rover is heated and cooled to simulate the temperatures of its journey through space and on the surface of Mars. For example, Rosalind Franklin can expect temperatures dropping to –120°C outside, and –50 °C inside the rover once on Mars. It must also be able to operate in less than one hundredth of Earth’s atmospheric pressure – and in a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere.
ExoMars Rover completes environmental tests
16 Jan 2020, 08:30 UTC
The Rosalind Franklin rover of the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars mission completed a series of environmental tests at the end of 2019 at Airbus, Toulouse, France. This included final thermal and vacuum tests where the Rover is heated and cooled to simulate the temperatures of its journey through space and on the surface of Mars. For example, Rosalind Franklin can expect temperatures dropping to –120°C outside, and –50 °C inside the rover once on Mars. It must also be able to operate in less than one hundredth of Earth’s atmospheric pressure – and in a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
15 Jan 2020, 22:17 UTC
NASA will host a live program at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the far-reaching legacy of the agency's Spitzer Space Telescope - a mission that, after 16 years of amazing discoveries, soon will come to an end.
NASA Says Goodbye to One of Agency's Great Observatories
15 Jan 2020, 22:17 UTC
NASA will host a live program at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the far-reaching legacy of the agency's Spitzer Space Telescope - a mission that, after 16 years of amazing discoveries, soon will come to an end.
ESO Top News
15 Jan 2020, 11:00 UTC
Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks
15 Jan 2020, 11:00 UTC
ESA Space Science
14 Jan 2020, 17:00 UTC
Fifteen years ago today, ESA’s Huygens probe made history when it descended to the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan and became the first probe to successfully land on another world in the outer Solar System. However, during its descent, the probe began spinning the wrong way – and recent tests now reveal why.
Huygens landing spin mystery solved
14 Jan 2020, 17:00 UTC
Fifteen years ago today, ESA’s Huygens probe made history when it descended to the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan and became the first probe to successfully land on another world in the outer Solar System. However, during its descent, the probe began spinning the wrong way – and recent tests now reveal why.
