Lagrangey McLagrangeFace? European Space Agency is calling on the public to help rename its Lagrange spacecraft that will fly ‘behind’ Earth to spot potentially hazardous solar storms ESA is asking for the ‘best and liveliest’ suggestions for its new weather satellite The craft will spot potentially hazardous solar storms before they reach the Earth ‘Lagrangey McLagrangeFace’ … Read more
NASA‘s Perseverance rover, the parachute that helped it land and the descent stage have been spotted on Mars by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars orbiter. The rover first landed on the Red Planet on February 18 after a hair raising ‘7 minutes of terror’ descent to the Martian surface that saw it slowed down … Read more
Astronaut Tim Peake has revealed what steps to take if you’re keen to embark on a career in space, including preparing for a ‘gruelling’ year and a half selection process. For the first time in 11 years, the European Space Agency (ESA) has put the call out for new astronaut candidates, who will work alongside their … Read more
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have officially announced the crew members for the next SpaceX Crew mission that will soar to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021. The three astronauts are NASA’s Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, along with ESA’s Matthias Maurer – a fourth member is expected to be added in … Read more
Build-a-bot! ESA releases blueprints for an adorable miniature version of its Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover so you can 3D print it at home The blueprint is freely available and anyone with a 3D printer can make the replica for less than £500 Structural parts for ExoMy take around two weeks to make out of PLA, … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a sequence of images of Venus, taken by its Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft. BepiColombo swung by Venus and captured its first glimpse of our immediate planetary neighbour, which appears as a tiny circular blob, just visible beneath the craft’s instruments. The flurry of black-and-white snapshots were taken between 7:58am and … Read more
The British-built European Space Agency Solar Orbiter has captured the closest images ever taken of the Sun and it did so while flying between the orbits of Venus and Mercury, according to the UK Space Agency. The stunning images taken by the Solar Orbiter while 47 million miles away from the surface of our host … Read more
New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a giant orange dust cloud, nicknamed ‘Godzilla’, making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Over a period of less than a month, the impressive plume reached the Caribbean, South America and the US from its initial spot in the Sahara Desert. The ESA has provided … Read more
Space technology and the rapidly growing 5G network could provide a helping hand to the logistics sector – but the UK Space Agency and ESA need your ideas. After the coronavirus pandemic put most the UK in lockdown, with many having to remain indoors, the ‘vitally important’ logistics sector was put in the spotlight. Now, … Read more
Take a trip to Mars! ESA releases stunning fly over video of Korolev crater that is 51 miles across and covered in a thick layer of water ice Mars is home to the Korolev crater, which is a frozen depression in the north The depression is about 51 miles across and more than one mile … Read more