Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia (www.esa.int)
Launched on 19 December 2013, Gaia’s fuel tank is now approaching empty – it uses about a dozen grams of cold gas per day to keep it spinning with pinpoint precision. But this is far from the end of the mission.
Proba-3 becomes two: satellites separated (www.esa.int)
Last night a crucial step in the European Space Agency’s eclipse-making Proba-3 mission was completed: the two spacecraft, flying jointly since launch, have successfully separated.
XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations (www.esa.int)
Mercury's shadowy north pole revealed by M-CAM 1 (www.esa.int)
Los Angeles struggles to contain wildfires (www.esa.int)
ESA and NASA deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting (www.esa.int)
Concurrent Design Facility made in LEGO (www.esa.int)
Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the skies (www.esa.int)
Watch eclipse-making Proba-3 launch today (www.esa.int)
Super heavy-lift, frequent flights to space for Europe: Protein study results (www.esa.int)
In brief...
Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home (www.esa.int)
Planetary defence mission Hera heading for deflected asteroid (www.esa.int)
ESA Open Day 2024: Sunday 6 October programme online (www.esa.int)
Ariane 6 joint update report, 16 September 2024 (www.esa.int)
Juice confirms that Earth is habitable (www.esa.int)
I think they are missing a “still” in the title…
ESA Open Day at ESTEC 2024: Registration open (www.esa.int)
Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth (www.esa.int)
Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies (www.esa.int)
How to watch the Ariane 6 Launch tonight (Tue) at 21:00 CEST (Amsterdam/Berlin) (www.esa.int)
Launch window: Tuesday 9th of July from 21 - 24 CEST...
A snaking scar on Mars (www.esa.int)
First detection of negative ions on the Moon (www.esa.int)
Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July (www.esa.int)
Fingers crossed for our new European launcher 🤞
EarthCARE launched to study role of clouds and aerosols in Earth's climate (www.esa.int)
Watch EarthCARE launch live (www.esa.int)
ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is getting ready for lift-off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, with a target launch date of no earlier than 28 May 2024. Save the date and watch the launch live on ESA WebTV or ESA YouTube.