Space Encounter: Mars is not our rescue ship

preserving our planet. We should use our power to save Earth Because I would like to dispel one myth about[...] planet in our solar system. This is not going to happen. The dream of a multi-planetary society sounds[...] up the mess we got ourselves into on our own planet during the last 200...

Welcome back on planet Earth Matthias Maurer!

in space. ©ESA/NASA ISS Human Spaceflight 06. May 2022 Welcome back on planet Earth Matthias Maurer[...] time. When it needed a new place, I took care of it." No wonder, Marco Berg has been closely connected[...] -muscle stimulation could shorten daily training times. The plan included a total of...

“The first major stage has been completed” - Interview with Dr Wolfgang Paetsch

24 satellites in 3 orbits, that is, three different planes in space. This means that a coverage of 100 percent[...] 3 will work like this: we are planning for the first launch in 2020. We can assume that, starting in 2020[...] the remaining twelve satellites need to be replaced. Are the plans for...

The Flyeye-Telescope – early warning service for the sky

) is heading for our planet. 900 potentially dangerous “near-Earth objects” are currently being monitored[...] in the future. The data collected by Flyeye will be sent to the Minor Planet Center (MPC) operated[...] Coordination Center (NEOCC) in Italy will be planning and coordi­nating the...

Sparkling clean!

of satellite platforms in most cases, while payloads generally require an ISO 5 environment. BECOME A SPACE[...] scales and hair, pollen and other plant parts to street dust and cosmic dust. Human[...] be serviced and contaminations increase the probability of malfunctions occurring during the pl...

Space Encounter: Increased funding for space technologies benefits climate protection

in common: they provide an unbiased view from above. By viewing the planet from great heights with Earth[...] . In this case, the deeper purpose of all space activities is to observe changes on the surface of the planet[...] activities play a key role in this respect. It is also necessary to...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 6: Why framing matters when communicating about geoengineering

plays a role" The way we describe things and the analogies we use have an influence on how facts[...] distorts them in a certain way. Does that mean that framing plays a role especially in explaining complex[...] topics? I think the more diverse the knowledge base is, the more framing plays a...

EnMAP: Making the invisible visible

first be understood. Remote sensing from outer space can play a crucial role in this regard[...] data can help to determine the growth cycles of plants and thus to increase crop yields. What makes[...] of a plant can be determined much more accurately than with current methods. Since the...

Ariane Rocket Program

satellite platforms (Alphabus and Small Geo).

Lunar Gateway: Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger for exploration missions

destinations in the future, ESA is contributing a special module to the planned Lunar Gateway space station[...] on a mission to Mars, one of Earth's closest neighbouring planets, the mass of the fuel required can easily[...] as the return to Earth into account, such a mission quickly becomes...