Gyroscopes in space @EuropeanSpaceAgency

European Space Agency, ESA Gyroscopes form an important in keeping the International Space Station and satellites pointing the right way as they orbit our planet.

ESA astronaut Tim Peake shows how gyroscopes can be used to keep spacecraft stable during his six-month Principia mission.

There is no up or down in space. Satellites track their pointing direction using the same approach as on submarines and aircraft: fast-spinning gyroscopes that maintain a fixed orientation in the same way as a child’s spinning top. The International Space Station has four big gyroscopes which are used for stabilization of the Station.

Follow Tim Peake via http://timpeake.esa.int
More about Principia: http://www.esa.int/principia

updated 8 years ago

Gyroscopes in space

European Space Agency, ESA 2016-03-21 | Gyroscopes form an important in keeping the International Space Station and satellites pointing the right way as they orbit our planet.

ESA astronaut Tim Peake shows how gyroscopes can be used to keep spacecraft stable during his six-month Principia mission.

There is no up or down in space. Satellites track their pointing direction using the same approach as on submarines and aircraft: fast-spinning gyroscopes that maintain a fixed orientation in the same way as a child’s spinning top. The International Space Station has four big gyroscopes which are used for stabilization of the Station.

Follow Tim Peake via http://timpeake.esa.int
More about Principia: http://www.esa.int/principia

Satellites in a box: students prepare for launch

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-11 | Two university CubeSats, 3Cat4 and ISTSat-1, are catching a ride to space on the inaugural flight of Ariane 6. Ahead of launch, the student teams traveled to Exolaunch facilities in Berlin to integrate their satellites, a crucial milestone ahead of launch.

Credits: ESA - European Space Agency

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - Act 1 - Testing 1,2,3
05:15 - Act 2 - Satellite in a box
07:01 - Act 3 - Ready, steady, integrate

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Tracking solar winds to its source 🌞💨 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-11 | Hot damn, we found it! ☀️

The source of the solar wind is no longer a mystery thanks to our trailblazing Solar Orbiter mission. This success opens a new way for solar physicists to study the source regions of the solar wind.

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📸 ESA & NASA /Solar Orbiter/EUI & SPICE

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Ariane 6 first flight highlights

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-10 | Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered into space on 9 July 2024 from a newly built dedicated launch pad in French Guiana. Liftoff occurred at 16:00 local time (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST).

Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.

This inaugural flight, designated VA262, is a demonstration flight to show the capabilities and prowess of Ariane 6 in escaping Earth's gravity and operating in space. Nevertheless, it had several passengers on board.

Ariane 6 was built by prime contractor and design authority ArianeGroup. In addition to the rocket, the liftoff demonstrated the functioning of the launch pad and operations on ground at Europe's Spaceport. The new custom-built dedicated launch zone was built by France's space agency CNES and allows for a faster turnover of Ariane launches.

Ariane 6 is Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket, designed to provide great power and flexibility at a lower cost than its predecessors. The launcher’s configuration – with an upgraded main stage, a choice of either two or four powerful boosters and a new restartable upper stage – will provide Europe with greater efficiency and possibility as it can launch multiple missions into different orbits on a single flight, while its upper stage will deorbit itself at the end of mission.

ESA’s main roles in the Ariane 6 programme is as contracting authority – managing the budget from Member States participating in the Ariane 6 development programme; and as launch system architect – ensuring that the rocket and launch pad infrastructure work together.

Ariane 6 is the latest in Europe's Ariane rocket series, taking over from Ariane 5 featuring a modular and versatile design that can launch missions from low-Earth orbit and farther out to deep space.

Credits: ESA - European Space Agency

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Erstflug der Ariane 6 (Offizielle Übertragung)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-09 | Liftoff is now scheduled no earlier than 16:00 local time (21:00 CEST), with the live stream starting at 15:30 local time (20:30 CEST).

This is a big moment for Europe, as the rocket will ensure our guaranteed, autonomous access to space – and all of the science, Earth observation, technology development and commercial possibilities that it entails. With many features brand new to Ariane 6, we’ll be able to carry more and take it further, while sustainably disposing of the launcher's upper stage to prevent it becoming space debris.

Phase 1: From ground to orbit

The first phase of Ariane 6’s flight will launch the rocket off Earth and into space with the thrust from the main stage powered by the Vulcain engine together with the force from the two powerful P120C boosters. Phase 1 includes the separation of the main stage from the upper stage and the first boost of the upper stage’s Vinci engine, which inserts it and its passengers into an elliptical orbit 300 by 700 km above Earth.
The first flight of Ariane 6 will have three phases, each of which will demonstrate various abilities for Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket.

Phase 2: Upper stage reignition and satellite deployment

The next phase is when Ariane 6’s newest feature is put to the test: reignition of the upper stage. In phase 2, the Vinci engine will re-fire, changing Ariane 6’s orbit from elliptical to circular. This will be followed by the deployment of the rocket’s eight satellites and the activation of its five onboard experiments.

Phase 3 : Tech demos, deorbiting and capsule separation

The final phase in Ariane 6’s inaugural flight will be to push the cryogenic upper stage to its limits and validate its ability to perform under microgravity conditions. The final phase will initiate the controlled deorbit of the upper stage back through Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific ‘NEMO point’, to prevent it from becoming space debris. Moments later, the two reentry capsules onboard will separate from the upper stage, and all three will make their safe descent back home.

The launch will be covered in several languages which can be followed at the links below:
English: https://youtube.com/live/B0oFpOJaIYc?feature=share
French: https://youtube.com/live/AfNPzSOalEU?feature=share
German: https://youtube.com/live/a_87OnvB_fQ?feature=share
A clean feed without commentary is available too: https://youtube.com/live/ogXamYYJpQk?feature=share

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Chapters:
00:00 Stay tuned
25:13 Beginning of the launch coverage programme
57:50 Liftoff
1:00:20 Booster separation
1:01:40 Fairing separation
1:05:35 Upper / lower stage separation
1:05:55 Upper stage ignition
1:18:25 Stay tuned
1:53:50 Second boost
2:02:50 Payload separation
2:07:50 Success statements
2:16:25 Stay tuned
3:32:50 Trajectory in 3rd phase
3:59:20 Stay tuned
4:28:15 Press conference
4:58:20 End of the launch coverage programme

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Ariane 6 first flight (Official broadcast)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-09 | Liftoff is now scheduled no earlier than 16:00 local time (21:00 CEST), with the live stream starting at 15:30 local time (20:30 CEST).

This is a big moment for Europe, as the rocket will ensure our guaranteed, autonomous access to space – and all of the science, Earth observation, technology development and commercial possibilities that it entails. With many features brand new to Ariane 6, we’ll be able to carry more and take it further, while sustainably disposing of the launcher's upper stage to prevent it becoming space debris.

Phase 1: From ground to orbit

The first phase of Ariane 6’s flight will launch the rocket off Earth and into space with the thrust from the main stage powered by the Vulcain engine together with the force from the two powerful P120C boosters. Phase 1 includes the separation of the main stage from the upper stage and the first boost of the upper stage’s Vinci engine, which inserts it and its passengers into an elliptical orbit 300 by 700 km above Earth.
The first flight of Ariane 6 will have three phases, each of which will demonstrate various abilities for Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket.

Phase 2: Upper stage reignition and satellite deployment

The next phase is when Ariane 6’s newest feature is put to the test: reignition of the upper stage. In phase 2, the Vinci engine will re-fire, changing Ariane 6’s orbit from elliptical to circular. This will be followed by the deployment of the rocket’s eight satellites and the activation of its five onboard experiments.

Phase 3 : Tech demos, deorbiting and capsule separation

The final phase in Ariane 6’s inaugural flight will be to push the cryogenic upper stage to its limits and validate its ability to perform under microgravity conditions. The final phase will initiate the controlled deorbit of the upper stage back through Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific ‘NEMO point’, to prevent it from becoming space debris. Moments later, the two reentry capsules onboard will separate from the upper stage, and all three will make their safe descent back home.

The launch will be covered in several languages which can be followed at the links below:
English: https://youtube.com/live/B0oFpOJaIYc?feature=share
French: https://youtube.com/live/AfNPzSOalEU?feature=share
German: https://youtube.com/live/a_87OnvB_fQ?feature=share
A clean feed without commentary is available too: https://youtube.com/live/ogXamYYJpQk?feature=share

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Chapters:
00:00 Stay tuned
29:18 Beginning of the launch coverage programme
59:00 Liftoff
1:01:30 Booster separation
1:02:50 Fairing separation
1:06:45 Upper / lower stage separation
1:07:15 Upper stage ignition
1:20:25 Stay tuned
1:55:00 Second boost
2:05:00 Payload separation
2:09:00 Success statements
2:17:35 Stay tuned
3:34:00 Trajectory in 3rd phase
4:00:30 Stay tuned
4:29:15 Press conference
4:59:30 End of the launch coverage programme

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Ariane 6 first flight - clean feed (Official broadcast)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-09 | Liftoff is now scheduled no earlier than 16:00 local time (21:00 CEST), with the live stream starting at 15:30 local time (20:30 CEST).

This is a big moment for Europe, as the rocket will ensure our guaranteed, autonomous access to space – and all of the science, Earth observation, technology development and commercial possibilities that it entails. With many features brand new to Ariane 6, we’ll be able to carry more and take it further, while sustainably disposing of the launcher's upper stage to prevent it becoming space debris.

Phase 1: From ground to orbit

The first phase of Ariane 6’s flight will launch the rocket off Earth and into space with the thrust from the main stage powered by the Vulcain engine together with the force from the two powerful P120C boosters. Phase 1 includes the separation of the main stage from the upper stage and the first boost of the upper stage’s Vinci engine, which inserts it and its passengers into an elliptical orbit 300 by 700 km above Earth.
The first flight of Ariane 6 will have three phases, each of which will demonstrate various abilities for Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket.

Phase 2: Upper stage reignition and satellite deployment

The next phase is when Ariane 6’s newest feature is put to the test: reignition of the upper stage. In phase 2, the Vinci engine will re-fire, changing Ariane 6’s orbit from elliptical to circular. This will be followed by the deployment of the rocket’s eight satellites and the activation of its five onboard experiments.

Phase 3 : Tech demos, deorbiting and capsule separation

The final phase in Ariane 6’s inaugural flight will be to push the cryogenic upper stage to its limits and validate its ability to perform under microgravity conditions. The final phase will initiate the controlled deorbit of the upper stage back through Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific ‘NEMO point’, to prevent it from becoming space debris. Moments later, the two reentry capsules onboard will separate from the upper stage, and all three will make their safe descent back home.

The launch will be covered in several languages which can be followed at the links below:
English: https://youtube.com/live/B0oFpOJaIYc?feature=share
French: https://youtube.com/live/AfNPzSOalEU?feature=share
German: https://youtube.com/live/a_87OnvB_fQ?feature=share
A clean feed without commentary is available too: https://youtube.com/live/ogXamYYJpQk?feature=share

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Chapters:
00:00 Stay tuned
59:00 Liftoff
1:01:30 Booster separation
1:02:50 Fairing separation
1:06:45 Upper / lower stage separation
1:07:15 Upper stage ignition
1:55:00 Second boost
2:05:00 Payload separation
2:09:00 Success statements
3:34:00 Trajectory in 3rd phase
4:29:15 Press conference

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#ESA #Ariane6 #Launch

Premier vol dAriane 6 (Diffusion officielle)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-09 | Liftoff is now scheduled no earlier than 16:00 local time (21:00 CEST), with the live stream starting at 15:30 local time (20:30 CEST).

This is a big moment for Europe, as the rocket will ensure our guaranteed, autonomous access to space – and all of the science, Earth observation, technology development and commercial possibilities that it entails. With many features brand new to Ariane 6, we’ll be able to carry more and take it further, while sustainably disposing of the launcher's upper stage to prevent it becoming space debris.

Phase 1: From ground to orbit

The first phase of Ariane 6’s flight will launch the rocket off Earth and into space with the thrust from the main stage powered by the Vulcain engine together with the force from the two powerful P120C boosters. Phase 1 includes the separation of the main stage from the upper stage and the first boost of the upper stage’s Vinci engine, which inserts it and its passengers into an elliptical orbit 300 by 700 km above Earth.
The first flight of Ariane 6 will have three phases, each of which will demonstrate various abilities for Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket.

Phase 2: Upper stage reignition and satellite deployment

The next phase is when Ariane 6’s newest feature is put to the test: reignition of the upper stage. In phase 2, the Vinci engine will re-fire, changing Ariane 6’s orbit from elliptical to circular. This will be followed by the deployment of the rocket’s eight satellites and the activation of its five onboard experiments.

Phase 3 : Tech demos, deorbiting and capsule separation

The final phase in Ariane 6’s inaugural flight will be to push the cryogenic upper stage to its limits and validate its ability to perform under microgravity conditions. The final phase will initiate the controlled deorbit of the upper stage back through Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific ‘NEMO point’, to prevent it from becoming space debris. Moments later, the two reentry capsules onboard will separate from the upper stage, and all three will make their safe descent back home.

The launch will be covered in several languages which can be followed at the links below:
English: https://youtube.com/live/B0oFpOJaIYc?feature=share
French: https://youtube.com/live/AfNPzSOalEU?feature=share
German: https://youtube.com/live/a_87OnvB_fQ?feature=share
A clean feed without commentary is available too: https://youtube.com/live/ogXamYYJpQk?feature=share

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Chapters:
00:00 Stay tuned
27:38 Beginning of the launch coverage programme
57:30 Liftoff
1:00:00 Booster separation
1:01:20 Fairing separation
1:05:15 Upper / lower stage separation
1:05:35 Upper stage ignition
1:18:55 Stay tuned
1:53:30 Second boost
2:02:30 Payload separation
2:07:30 Success statements
2:16:05 Stay tuned
3:32:30 Trajectory in 3rd phase
3:59:00 Stay tuned
4:27:45 Press conference
4:58:00 End of the launch coverage programme

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#ESA #Ariane6 #Launch

Europes new rocket powers into space 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-09 | Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 powered Europe into space taking with it a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors.

This inaugural flight, designated VA262, is a demonstration flight to show the capabilities and prowess of Ariane 6 in escaping Earth's gravity and operating in space. Nevertheless, it had several passengers on board.

Ariane 6 was built by prime contractor and design authority ArianeGroup. In addition to the rocket, the liftoff demonstrated the functioning of the launch pad and operations on ground at Europe's Spaceport. The new custom-built dedicated launch zone was built by France's space agency CNES and allows for a faster turnover of Ariane launches.

Ariane 6 is Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket, designed to provide great power and flexibility at a lower cost than its predecessors. The launcher’s configuration – with an upgraded main stage, a choice of either two or four powerful boosters and a new restartable upper stage – will provide Europe with greater efficiency and possibility as it can launch multiple missions into different orbits on a single flight, while its upper stage will deorbit itself at the end of mission.

ESA’s main roles in the Ariane 6 programme is as contracting authority – managing the budget from Member States participating in the Ariane 6 development programme; and as launch system architect – ensuring that the rocket and launch pad infrastructure work together.

Ariane 6 is the latest in Europe's Ariane rocket series, taking over from Ariane 5 featuring a modular and versatile design that can launch missions from low-Earth orbit and farther out to deep space.

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Ariane 6 first liftoff

We have found water on the tallest volcanoes in the Solar System! 🧊 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-08 | Our ExoMars and Mars Express missions have spotted water frost for the first time on top of the Tharsis volcanoes: the tallest volcanoes not only on Mars but in the Solar System.

It was detected near Mars’s equator, a part of the planet where it was thought impossible for frost to exist.

The researchers propose that air circulates in a peculiar way above Tharsis; this creates a unique microclimate within the calderas of the volcanoes there that allows patches of frost to form.

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📸 ESA/TGO/CaSSIS
📸 ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
📸 NASA/MGS/MOLA Science Team, FU Berlin

#ESA #Mars #RedPlanet

The Young Professional Satellite - From Theory to Reality (episode 2)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-08 | In the second episode of this docu series, we take a closer look into what it took to build ESA’s Young Professional Satellite (YPSat). YPSat’s mission objectives are to capture the key moments of Ariane 6’s inaugural flight and take in-orbit pictures of Earth and space. To achieve this, the satellite requires the multiple sub-systems to work in harmony and adhere to a pre-defined mission sequence.

This episode zooms in four of the sub-systems: the Wake-Up System (WUS), Battery, On-Board Computer (OBC) and Telecommunications.

Running at ultra low power, the WUS circuit board was designed, tested and manufactured specifically for YPSat. Created to meet Arianespace’s requirement to be operational on the launchpad for 45 days, its function is to wake up the satellite during the launch to record the fairing separation.

Once the WUS detects the launch, it will signal to the battery to turn on the rest of the satellite. The battery has the challenge to maintain enough charge to power the remainder of the components.

The On-Board Computer (OBC) then takes the lead to orchestrate the rest of the mission. The OBC acts as the brain of the satellites; it sends commands to all the other sub-systems, including sending the commands to record the videos and pictures.

Once these are captured, the Telecommunications team takes over to coordinate with the ground stations to send the data back on Earth so it can be decoded into clear images. The challenge is to ensure enough communication between the satellite and Earth so the data is properly retrieved before the YPSat disintegrates upon re-entry.

One day prior launch, YPSat is now sitting in Ariane 6’s capsule. To get there, the satellite was subject to rigorous tests and certifications to meet the stringent standards of the European Space Agency and Arianespace. Will YPSat accomplish its mission objectives? We'll find out in the next episode.

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Credits:
Directed and produced by Chilled Winston: https://chilledwinston.com/ and Emma de Cocker
Powered by ESA - European Space Agency
Music from Epidemic Sound

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - The Wake-Up System
04:20 - The Battery
07:01 - The On-Board Computer
08:38 - Telecommunications
13:12 - Outro

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This is what Ariane 6 first flight will look like 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-05 | Europe’s next launch vehicle is the powerful Ariane 6. The rocket will be bigger, better, and more versatile than its predecessor.

Ariane 6 is ensuring Europe has continued independent and autonomous access to space.

You can watch the live broadcast of the first flight from our channel.

English: https://youtube.com/live/B0oFpOJaIYc?feature=share
French: https://youtube.com/live/AfNPzSOalEU?feature=share
German: https://youtube.com/live/a_87OnvB_fQ?feature=share
Clean feed: https://youtube.com/live/ogXamYYJpQk?feature=share

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#ESA #Ariane6 #Rocket

Europe’s next big rocket in a nutshell

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-05 | Ariane 6 is the newest rocket in a series that has, for five decades, been launching Europe towards the stars. Building on all the knowledge, expertise and technology developed over the years, Ariane 6 will be versatile, modular, and European.

Guaranteeing Europe’s access to space for the next years, Ariane 6 in two versions, with either two or four boosters attached depending on the ‘oomph’ the mission requires. Versatile, its upper stage can reignite multiple times during a single flight, placing any spacecraft into any orbit – including constellations – saving a final boost to return and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. Modular, it will be continuously adapted to the needs of the future space sector.

Four organisations take care of the Ariane 6 programme: ESA at the head, ArianeGroup as the main contractor, CNES who designed and built the launchpad and ArianeSpace who sell the launches.

13 countries contribute, thousands of Europeans have worked on it, and every one of us will benefit from the Earth observation, science, technologies and services it will make possible.

Credits: ESA - European Space Agency

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Have you ever seen the inside of a cloud? ☁️ #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-02 | After being launched not even a month ago, EarthCARE has returned its first results.

This was the first time we were able to see the internal structure and dynamics of clouds from space.

These are the first results from EarthCARE’s Cloud Profiling Radar instrument, provided by JAXA, which will be followed by the first results from EarthCARE’s three other instruments in the next weeks and months.

Excited for what’s to come?

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10 impact craters seen from space

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-07-01 | Have you ever wondered what an impact crater looks like from space? Today, we’re counting down some of our favourite impact craters here on Earth – captured by Earth-observing satellites.

Craters are inevitably part of being a rocky planet. They occur on every planetary body in our solar system – no matter the size. By studying impact craters and the meteorites that cause them, we can learn more about the processes and geology that shape our entire solar system.

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Chapters:
00:00 - 01:03 Intro
01:04 - 01:37 Nördlinger Ries
01:38 - 02:12 Ouarkziz Crater
02:13 - 03:05 Tenoumer Crater
03:06 - 03:32 Gosses Bluff
03:33 - 04:00 Siljan Ring
04:01 - 04:31 Roter Kamm
04:32 - 4:59 Manicouagan Crater
05:00 - 5:32 Shoemaker Crater
05:33 - 06:06 Aorounga Crater
06:07 - 6:49 Meteor Crater
06:50 - 07:21 Outro

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Why do we launch rockets from the equator? 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-29 | Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 will take off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, near the equator, and far from populated areas.

Why did Europe choose a spaceport on the other side of the world? The main reason is the lack of space. There are hardly any places in Europe where rockets can be launched and fly over unpopulated areas during its initial launch phase. We also need a large area to build the launch pad and operations.

Europe’s Spaceport is also very close to the equator. As our Earth spins itself, you can get an extra boost if you launch where Earth is widest… at the equator.

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Europes new rocket is on the launch pad and ready for liftoff

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-28 | On 20 June 2024 the first Ariane 6 rocket to launch into space went through its last full ‘wet dress rehearsal’ at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – it provided an exciting sneak peek of what’s to come, stopping just a few seconds before engine ignition and of course, liftoff.

One of the first steps was to roll back the colossal 90-m tall Ariane 6 mobile gantry building 120 m away from the launch pad – the first moment the complete rocket stood free.

The first parts of Ariane 6 began arriving in French Guiana from continental Europe in February 2024 via the Canopée ‘spaceship’. In March, the main stage and upper stage were assembled, followed by the transfer of the two powerful P120C boosters in April.

In May, Ariane 6’s first passengers also arrived in Kourou – a varied selection of experiments, satellites, payload deployers and reentry demonstrations that represent thousands across Europe, from students to industry and experienced space actors NASA and ArianeGroup.

The payloads were integrated onto the ‘ballast’ at the end of May, and just a few days ago the ballast was fitted onto the top of the rocket and the fairing closed around it – the last time Ariane 6’s cargo would see light.
From Earth observation to technology demonstrations testing wildlife tracking, 3D printing in open space, open-source software and hardware and science missions looking for the most energetic explosions in the universe, the passengers on Ariane 6’s first flight are a testament to the rocket’s adaptability, complexity, and its role for the future – launching any mission, anywhere.

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Footage: ESA/ArianeGroup/Arianespace/CNES

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This is how we are leading the way towards Zero debris future 🛰️ #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-26 | These are the latest stats:

- Number of rocket launches since the start of the space age in 1957: About 6500 (excluding failures).

- Number of satellites these rocket launches have placed into Earth orbit: About 16 990

- Number of these still in space: About 11 500

- Number of these still functioning: About 9000

- Number of debris objects regularly tracked by Space Surveillance Networks and maintained in their catalogue: About 35 150

- Estimated number of break-ups, explosions, collisions, or anomalous events resulting in fragmentation: More than 640

- Total mass of all space objects in Earth orbit: More than 11500 tonnes

- Not all objects are tracked and catalogued. The number of debris objects estimated based on statistical models to be in orbit [MASTER-8, future population 2021]:
・36500 space debris objects greater than 10 cm
・1 000 000 space debris objects from greater than 1 cm to 10 cm
・130 million space debris objects from greater than 1 mm to 1 cm

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The Young Professional Satellite - Dream Big, Start Small (episode 1)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-26 | In this first episode of our docu-series, we embark on the exciting journey of the YPSat (Young Professional Satellite), a satellite flying on-board the inaugural flight of Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy launcher. Two years ago, a team of Young Professionals at ESA, with diverse backgrounds, nationalities and expertise, have come together around one passion and with one ambition; design, manufacture and send their own satellite to space.

Starting with some trivial ideas, the team matured their mission objectives and won the approval and support of ESA management to kick start the project. YPSat will be ‘the witness’ of Ariane 6: it will record the fairing separation, document the CubeSats deployment and send back beautiful in-orbit images of Earth and space.

This scaled-down mission has all the ingredients of a large flagship mission; engineering, verification, testing and production assurance; project management, tight schedule, team coordination and communication; failures, crisis situations and successes.
YPSat is a blueprint for the future of European space exploration. It has been a life changing opportunity for young professionals at ESA to get hands-on experience and experience the process of developing a space mission. But it has also been an eye-opening occasion for the European Space Agency to get inspired by the young generations, bringing in new ideas and technologies.

This is just the beginning of the adventure for the YPSat team. The next episode will unravel the creativity, ingenuity and determination that the young professionals brought in to achieve the mission’s objectives. What powers the satellite? Who activates the cameras? How is the data transmitted back on Earth?

Learn more about YPSat: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_Young_Professionals_Satellites

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Credits:
Directed and produced by Chilled Winston: https://chilledwinston.com/ and Emma de Cocker
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Music from Epidemic Sound
Footage from Chilled Winston (Chilled Winston – Where Stories Come to Life)

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Pitching the Idea
04:52 - The Mission’s Objectives & Challenges
08:32 - Young Professionals in Space
12:23 - Outro

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The Northern Hemisphere welcomes summer ☀️The Southern Hemisphere welcomes winter ❄️ #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-24 | The summer solstice, which is when the Sun reaches the most northerly point in the sky, occurred on Friday 21st June at 22:50 CEST.

This is when the Northern Hemisphere will experience the longest day of the year and the Southern Hemisphere will experience the shortest.

This is because of Earth’s position in orbit around the Sun and the way the North Pole is tilted towards the Sun during the solstice.

This animation shows one image per day captured by the Meteosat Second Generation from 20 June 2023 until 19 June 2024 captured at approximately 17:30 CEST. You can see how the terminator line moved in the past year - tonight, that line will be at its greatest angle with respect to the axis of the Earth.

Do you live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?

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Learn more about Ariane 6 launch pad 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-23 | While the Ariane 6 rocket might take much of the focus, the launch pad and infrastructure truely are marvels of human engineering.

Built and operated by France’s space agency @CNES, the launch zone – called ELA4 – was built from the ground up at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

Building on the success and lessons learnt from the previous launch zones, the new infrastructure allows for quick processing and the launch of one Ariane 6 a month.

The site for the launch zone was chosen for its deep rocky subsoil capable of supporting the heaviest 900 tonne variant of Ariane 6 and its liftoff and the mobile gantry that surrounds Ariane 6 for final assembly.

The launch pad was also built to lessen the site's carbon footprint and preserve local natural resources.

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First detection of negative ions on the Moon 🌕 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-20 | The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.

The European team working with the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument confirmed the success of this scientific mission that flew to the far side of the Moon aboard the Chang’e-6 spacecraft.

The discovery of a new component of plasma at the surface of the Moon opens a new window for space physics and for human and robotic missions in an era of renewed lunar exploration.

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How do you restart a rocket that is already in space? 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-17 | Europe’s newest rocket Ariane 6 has an upper stage engine, Vinci, that can restart up to four more times once in space!

This allows Ariane 6 to reach a larger range of orbits and deliver multiple payloads on a single launch.

Vinci does this using an auxiliary propulsion unit that heats up the same liquid oxygen and hydrogen fuel used by the main engine. It then turns it into gas that is expelled from the upper stage to provide a small amount of thrust. The effect is barely noticeable, but the forces are just enough to keep the liquid fuel at the bottom of the tank and ready for reignition.

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First confirmation of a magnetar outside of the Milky Way! 🌌 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-14 | In November 2023 our Integral telescope spotted a sudden explosion from a rare object. For only a tenth of a second, a short burst of energetic gamma-rays appeared from the direction of the bright galaxy M82.

Only a few hours later, our XMM-Newton telescope searched for an afterglow from the explosion but found none. Astronomers realised that the burst must have been an extra-galactic flare from a magnetar, a young neutron star with an exceptionally strong magnetic field.

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Eclipse-making double-satellite | Proba-3

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-12 | Proba-3 is ESA’s – and the world’s – first precision formation flying mission. A pair of satellites will fly together relative to the Sun so that one casts a precisely-controlled shadow onto the other, to create a prolonged solar eclipse in orbit. In the process the mission will open up the Sun’s faint surrounding coronal atmosphere for sustained study. Normally this corona is rendered invisible by the brilliant face of the Sun, like a firefly next to a bonfire.

Due for launch together this autumn, the two Proba-3 satellites will fly 144-m apart for up to six hours at a time to create these eclipses. Beside its scientific interest, this experiment will be a perfect method to demonstrate the precise positioning of the two platforms. It will be enabled using a novel combination of guidance technologies. In this video the Proba-3 team details the mission concept.

Find out more here: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Proba_Missions/About_Proba-3

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This is how Ariane 6s boosters work 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-11 | Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 has three main stages each with their own engines.

Ariane 6 uses one of the world’s most powerful single-piece boosters, the P120C boosters, to get off the ground.

These motors run on 142 000 kg of solid fuel, which is completely consumed in just two minutes, reaching 53 km altitude when they are eventually discarded.

We can choose to either have two or four boosters per Ariane 6 launch. For many missions two boosters is more than enough to get into space, but if you need to launch heavier satellites or want to reach destinations farther away from Earth four boosters provide the extra kick to do the trick.

We now have a target launch date! We are currently aiming to get Ariane 6 off the ground on 9th July, be sure to set your reminders and follow along for more updates.

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Zoom into Webb’s View of the Pillars of Creation 🔎 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-08 | The Pillars of Creation are set off in a kaleidoscope of colour in the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view. The pillars look like arches and spires rising out of a desert landscape, but are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust, and ever changing. This is a region where young stars are forming – or have barely burst from their dusty cocoons as they continue to form.

Protostars are the scene-stealers in this Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image. These are the bright red orbs that sometimes appear with eight diffraction spikes. When knots with sufficient mass form within the pillars, they begin to collapse under their own gravity, slowly heat up, and eventually begin shining brightly.

Along the edges of the pillars are wavy lines that look like lava. These are ejections from stars that are still forming. Young stars periodically shoot out jets that can interact within clouds of material, like these thick pillars of gas and dust. This sometimes also results in bow shocks, which can form wavy patterns like a boat does as it moves through water. These young stars are estimated to be only a few hundred thousand years old, and will continue to form for millions of years.

Although it may appear that near-infrared light has allowed Webb to “pierce through” the background to reveal great cosmic distances beyond the pillars, the interstellar medium stands in the way, like a drawn curtain.

This is also the reason why there are no distant galaxies in this view. This translucent layer of gas blocks our view of the deeper universe. Plus, dust is lit up by the collective light from the packed “party” of stars that have burst free from the pillars. It’s like standing in a well-lit room looking out a window – the interior light reflects on the pane, obscuring the scene outside and, in turn, illuminating the activity at the party inside.

Webb’s new view of the Pillars of Creation will help researchers revamp models of star formation. By identifying far more precise star populations, along with the quantities of gas and dust in the region, they will begin to build a clearer understanding of how stars form and burst out of these clouds over millions of years.

The Pillars of Creation is a small region within the vast Eagle Nebula, which lies 6,500 light-years away.

Webb’s NIRCam was built by a team at the University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, ESO, NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, T.A.Rector, B.A.Wolpa, ESA/Hubble, J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan, N. Bartmann, M. Zamani
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5,4,3,2,1 allumage Vulcain! 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-04 | Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 will soon be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. But how does it get off the launch pad?

Ignited first at liftoff is the Vulcain 2.1, the rocket motor for the cryogenic main stage. The engine sits at the bottom end of Ariane 6 and fires for up to 8 minutes to help the rocket reach space! The boosters ignite 7 seconds after the Vulcain for liftoff thrust.

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Boosting the next generation of European rockets and space transport

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-04 | ESA supports Europe's space transportation visionaries and entrepreneurs through Boost! This video shows just some of the companies that have received co-funding from ESA’s Boost! programme: Orbex with its Prime launcher, D-Orbit offering orbital transportation and precise payload delivery with InOrbitNow, Skyrora’s XL launcher, HyImpulse’s SL1, ForgeStar from SpaceForge preparing for manufacturing in microgravity and returning them to Earth, Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launcher, Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA One and PLD Space’s Miura.

Space is open for business – space transportation gets you there!
With its Boost! programme, ESA is boosting commercial initiatives that offer transportation services to space, in space, and returning from space.

To achieve this, ESA nurtures industrial entrepreneurship and stimulates growth and competitiveness within the privately led and funded space sector in Europe via Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support programme.

This programme also supports ESA Member States in implementing national space transportation objectives in the field of spaceports, testing facilities and associated services.

Read more: www.esa.int/boost

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This is where our Mars rover will land 🔴 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-06-01 | Oxia Planum contains one of the largest exposures of rocks on Mars that are around 3.9 billion years old and clay-rich, indicating that water once played a role here. The site sits in a wide catchment area of valley systems with the exposed rocks exhibiting different compositions, indicating a variety of deposition and wetting environments.

A European rover, Rosalind Franklin, is part of the ExoMars programme that will explore the surface of Mars. The rover will be the first mission to combine the capability to move across the surface and to study Mars at depth.

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Fly across Nili Fossae with ESA’s Mars Express

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-30 | Mars’s surface is covered in all manner of scratches and scars. Its many marks include the fingernail scratches of Tantalus Fossae, the colossal canyon system of Valles Marineris, the oddly orderly ridges of Angustus Labyrinthus, and the fascinating features captured in today’s video release from Mars Express: the cat scratches of Nili Fossae.

Nili Fossae comprises parallel trenches hundreds of metres deep and several hundred kilometres long, stretching out along the eastern edge of a massive impact crater named Isidis Planitia.

This new video features observations from Mars Express's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). It first flies northwards towards and around these large trenches, showing their fractured, uneven appearance, before turning back to head southwards. It ends by zooming out to a ‘bird’s eye’ view, with the landing site of NASA’s Perseverance rover, Jezero Crater, visible in the lower-middle part of the final scene. (You can explore this crater further via ESA’s interactive map.)

The trenches of Nili Fossae are actually features known as ‘graben’, which form when the ground sitting between two parallel faults fractures and falls away. As the graben seem to curve around Isidis Planitia, it’s likely that they formed as Mars’s crust settled following the formation of the crater by an incoming space rock hitting the surface. Similar ruptures – the counterpart to Nili Fossae – are found on the other side of the crater, and named Amenthes Fossae.

Scientists have focused on Nili Fossae in recent years due to the impressive amount and diversity of minerals found in this area, including silicates, carbonates, and clays (many of which were discovered by Mars Express’s OMEGA instrument). These minerals form in the presence of water, indicating that this region was very wet in ancient martian history. Much of the ground here formed over 3.5 billion years ago, when surface water was abundant across Mars. Scientists believe that water flowed not only across the surface here but also beneath it, forming underground hydrothermal flows that were heated by ancient volcanoes.

Because of what it could tell us about Mars’s ancient and water-rich past, Nili Fossae was considered as a possible landing site for NASA’s Curiosity rover, before the rover was ultimately sent to Gale Crater in 2012. Another mission, NASA’s Perseverance rover, was later sent to land in the nearby Jezero Crater, visible at the end of this video.

Mars Express has visited Nili Fossae before, imaging the region’s graben system back in 2014. The mission has orbited the Red Planet since 2003, imaging Mars’s surface, mapping its minerals, studying its tenuous atmosphere, probing beneath its crust, and exploring how various phenomena interact in the martian environment. For more from the orbiter and its HRSC, see ESA's Mars Express releases.

Disclaimer: This video is not representative of how Mars Express flies over the surface of Mars. See processing notes below.

Processing notes: The video is centred at 23°N, 78°E. It was created using Mars Chart (HMC30) data, an image mosaic made from single-orbit observations from Mars Express’s HRSC. This mosaic was combined with topography derived from a digital terrain model of Mars to generate a three-dimensional landscape. For every second of the movie, 62.5 separate frames are rendered following a pre-defined camera path. The vertical exaggeration is three-fold. Atmospheric effects – clouds and haze – have been added, and start building up at a distance of 50 km.

Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin & NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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Passengers of the first Ariane 6 launch 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-30 | Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 is set to launch soon. 🚀

On its first flight to space, Ariane 6 is offering a ride to miniature satellites, known as CubeSats.

ISTSat from Portugal, and ³Cat-4 from Spain, are two of Ariane 6’s passengers.

Both satellites were developed by students participating in our Fly Your Satellite! programme, one of the several hands-on programmes for university students offered by ESA Education.

ISTSat is the first Portuguese CubeSat built by students. It will track aircraft from space using a smaller, lower power Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast system, which is the technology that enables websites like Flight Radar.

³Cat-4 from the Technical University of Catalonia combines a radiometer, a reflectometer and an Automatic Identification System into one payload that will perform Earth Observation experiments.

The students visited Exolaunch’s Berlin headquarters to perform the integration of their satellites, where they installed ISTSat-1 and ³Cat-4 into their deployer.

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EarthCARE is launched 🚀 #shorts

Taking EarthCARE into orbit

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-29 | ESA’s EarthCARE satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, on 29 May at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time).

Developed as a cooperation between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer satellite carries a set of four instruments to make a range of different measurements that together will shed new light on the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth’s climate.

Credits: ESA/SpaceX

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ESA’s EarthCARE launch (Official broadcast)

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-28 | ESA’s EarthCARE mission is ready for lift-off! EarthCARE is a groundbreaking satellite mission designed to unravel the mysteries of Earth’s clouds and aerosols. EarthCARE will shed light on the role that clouds and aerosols play in heating and cooling Earth’s atmosphere – contributing to our better understanding of climate change. During our live coverage, we’ll hear from mission scientists and spacecraft operators, then follow the launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from California, expected at 00:20 CEST. Live from ESA’s spacecraft operations centre in Germany, we take you into the main control room around 01:12 CEST for the satellite’s acquisition of signal – EarthCARE’s first sign of life from space.

Credits: ESA/SpaceX

Timestaps of the video:
00:00 - 38:24 - Start of ESA WebTV Programme - Live from the European Space Operations Centre
38:25 - 50:44 - SpaceX live broadcast begins
50:45 - 1:01:40 - Lift-off
1:01:41 - 1:06:35 - Spacecraft deployment
1:06:36 - 1:40:40 - Stay tuned
1:40:41 - 1:44:50 - ESA WebTV Programme - Live from the European Space Operations Centre
1:44:51 - 1:55:00 - Acquisition of signal

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Unravelling the mysteries of clouds

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-27 | Clouds are one of the biggest mysteries in the climate system. They play a key role in the regulating the temperature of our atmosphere. But we don’t know how their behaviour will change over time as Earth’s atmosphere gets warmer. This is where EarthCARE comes in.

Launching on 28 May 2024, ESA’s Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer will help quantify the role that clouds and aerosols play in heating and cooling Earth’s atmosphere. With its suite of four cutting-edge instruments, EarthCARE is a groundbreaking advancement in satellite technology.

It promises to deliver unprecedented data – unravelling the complexities of both clouds and aerosols. With this, we can refine our atmospheric models and climate forecasts, giving us the tools to tackle the challenges of a changing climate with greater accuracy and precision.

Watch EarthCARE launch live on ESA WebTV or ESA YouTube.

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Five new stunning images from Euclid’s Telescope

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-24 | ESA’s Euclid space mission has released five unprecedented new views of the Universe. These never-before-seen images demonstrate Euclid’s remarkable ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos. Scientists are now equipped to hunt for rogue planets, study mysterious matter through lensed galaxies, and explore the evolution of the Universe. Join us as we explore these groundbreaking discoveries and what they mean for the future of space exploration.

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Chapters:
00:00 - 00:36 Intro
00:36 - 01:14 The Galaxy Cluster Abell 2390
01:15 - 02:14 Messier 78: Stellar Nurseries and Galactic Formation
02:15 - 03:02 Galaxies in the Dorado Group
03:03 - 04:27 NGC 6744
04:28 - 05:25 Abell 2764
05:26 - 6:16 Conclusion

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ESAs Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-23 | ESA is releasing a new set of full-colour images captured by the space telescope Euclid. Five new portraits of our cosmos were captured during Euclid’s early observations phase, each revealing amazing new science. Euclid’s ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos is something you will not want to miss.

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Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling new images

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-23 | Today, ESA’s Euclid space mission releases five unprecedented new views of the Universe. The never-before-seen images demonstrate Euclid’s ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos and enable scientists to hunt for rogue planets, use lensed galaxies to study mysterious matter, and explore the evolution of the Universe.

Read more about Euclid's first images and download the individual images here:

Credits: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi

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First Space Station missions for new ESA astronauts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-23 | Watch the replay as ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announces the first two astronaut missions for the new ESA astronaut class of 2022 on the first day of the Space Council, held in Brussels on 22 and 23 May 2024.

ESA's most recent class of astronauts selected in 2022 includes Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber. They recently completed one year of basic training and graduated as ESA astronauts on 22 April at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Germany, making them eligible for spaceflight. During their missions aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronauts will engage in a diverse range of activities, from conducting scientific experiments and medical research to Earth observation, outreach and operational tasks.

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A day in the life of a rocket scientist at ESA 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-18 | 🚀 It’s not rocket science... oh wait it is!

Join Ariane 6 launch system architect, Tina, as she shows us a day in her life.

Tina has worked on space transport systems for 20 years now. She first worked on the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), then on the Ariane 5 Mid-life Evolution development and now on Europe’s newest launcher Ariane 6.

How did she become a rocket scientist?

“I was lucky enough to spend some months in French Guiana as a student for an internship and working there got me hooked – I was determined to come back for my job one day, and here I am: I spent a great part of 2023 in Kourou testing the Ariane 6 propulsion system, together with an amazing team of very skilled professionals.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have a job and colleagues that make me want to get out of bed and into the office every day – because we love what we do and because the people are simply amazing!”

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What does EarthCARE mean to me?

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-17 | A new satellite called EarthCARE launching later this month will provide unprecedented data on clouds and aerosols, contributing to our understanding of climate change. As we approach its launch, join us as we delve into the minds of some of the individuals who have contributed to EarthCARE over the years.

The mission will shed new light on the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth’s temperature.

This video features interviews with: Dave Donovan, Senior Scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Robin Hogan, Senior Scientist at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Ulla Wandinger, Senior Scientist at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Alain Lefebvre, Retired Project Manager of EarthCARE at ESA, Hajime Okamoto, Director, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Bjoern Frommknecht, EarthCARE Mission Manager at ESA, Edward Baudrez, Scientific Assistant at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Thorsten Fehr, EarthCARE Mission Scientist at ESA, Pavlos Kollias from Stony Brook University – McGill University and Dirk Bernaerts, EarthCARE Project Manager at ESA.

Follow the EarthCARE launch campaign blog for more updates: https://blogs.esa.int/eolaunches/

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This is how we transport rockets 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-15 | 🛳️ Now that’s a space ship.

🚀 Have you ever wondered how we transport rockets?

All the elements that make up Ariane 6 are manufactured in mainland Europe and then transported by this ship, named Canopée.

It is the first custom-built transporter to use sails, reducing emissions and saving on fuel by up to 30%, and on this trip, it travels for 10 days covering over 7000 km to reach Europe’s Spaceport in French Giuana.

The hybrid-propulsion vessel is 121 m long and has 37 m tall sails. Canopée rotates continuously between stop-offs to load each Ariane 6 stage and other parts and ship them across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe’s spaceport.

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Did you spot the Northern Lights this weekend? 🌌

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-14 | Aurora made a rare appearance across both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere skies after Earth was hit by one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years. The storm over the weekend was classed as the highest G5.

Don’t worry if you missed them, we are entering a “solar maximum” where the Sun becomes very active meaning more storms and a greater chance of seeing Aurora in more places.

Let us know if and where you saw them in the comments👇

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Do you think that you could lie in bed for 60 days? 🛌 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-12 | A group of 12 volunteers are sticking to a strict bed routine for 60 days, lying with their feet up and one shoulder always touching the mattress. This reclined lifestyle includes meals, showers and toilet breaks, as well as intensive cycling and centrifuge rides for some.

The BRACE study follows a two-month bedtime schedule to investigate how cycling and artificial gravity could counteract changes the human body experiences in space.

Astronauts face similar physiological problems as elderly and bedridden patients on Earth. During space missions, astronauts’ bodies go through a wide array of changes – everything from their eyes to their heart might be affected, and their muscles and bones start to deteriorate. To battle this degradation, crew members exercise two hours per day on the International Space Station.

The BRACE study involves male participants between the ages of 20 and 45 years with good physical and mental health. They are placed in beds tilted 6° below the horizontal position. As blood flows to the head and muscle wears out from lack of use, researchers chart how their bodies react.

Researchers split the volunteers in three groups. One group cycles in bed, a second one cycles while being spun on a centrifuge, and a third control group stays in bed for the full two months with no bike exercise or centrifuge rides. The centrifuge mimics artificial gravity, acting on all organs at once. Volunteers are spun to drive blood towards their feet, where the force of gravity doubles during the ride. Scientists hope artificial gravity could be used to keep astronauts fit and healthy in space.

Now halfway through its second edition, the experiment will finish on 4 May 2024, after 95 days of intense clinical testing and monitoring. This campaign takes place at MEDES, the Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology in Toulouse, France, and is supported by the French Space Agency CNES.

The study involves 14 European and international science teams that are working to release the results from the first BRACE campaign in 2023. Researchers are assessing a wide range of changes in the cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal, neuro-sensorial, haematological, and immunological systems.

The tests will provide a better understanding of the effects of prolonged bedrest to the benefit of those in space and on Earth. Results could help design countermeasures and improve health for patients suffering from accelerated ageing due to a sedentary lifestyle.

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How does Europes new rocket work 🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-08 | Do you know how rockets are launched? 🚀

Europe’s new launcher, Ariane 6 uses liquid oxygen and hydrogen as fuel to lift it off the ground and into space. This fuel is chilled to -150°C which allows more propellant to be loaded into the rocket with more fuel from the engine.

But Ariane would not get far without the boosters that provide the most thrust by far.

In order to control the direction of Ariane 6 after launch, the nozzles on the boosters and main stage can swivel to keep it on course. This is no easy feat as Ariane 6 is 56 m tall and controlled at the bottom, so it is a careful balancing act.

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Ariane 6 stands tall for launch

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-06 | Last week, Ariane 6’s central core – the main body of the rocket – was stood tall at the launch zone and connected to its two solid-fuel boosters. This exciting moment means only one thing: it’s the start of the first launch campaign.

The main stage and upper stage make up the core stage, and they were autonomously driven at 3 km/h from the rocket assembly building to the launch pad, 800 m away. Then lifted by a crane, the Ariane 6 core was stood upright on the launch table.

The two boosters were transported to the launch pad on a specially designed truck and then configured with the rocket body, now holding it upright.

Ariane 6 is due to launch in summer 2024. The heavy-lift rocket will inaugurate a new era of autonomous European space transportation, powering Europe into space to realise its ambitions on the world stage. It will lift off from a modern launch complex at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying with it not just a variety of spacecraft, but also European goals for prosperity and autonomy.

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Look what we just spotted... 👀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-05 | It appears astronauts are not the only ones on the space station...
Pedro the dancing racoon is our latest obsession. Are you dancing along?

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What is it like to train as an astronaut?🧑‍🚀 #shorts

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-03 | Astronaut training consists of three main phases: basic training, pre-assignment training and increment training.

On the 22nd April, our astronaut candidates will have completed their basic training.

They will receive their certification at our European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, officially becoming fully fledged astronauts eligible for spaceflight.

After their graduation, the astronauts will proceed to the next phases of pre-assignment and mission-specific training, where they’ll learn specific skills for their future missions to the International Space Station and beyond!

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Meet the team behind EarthCARE

European Space Agency, ESA 2024-05-03 | As we approach the launch of ESA’s EarthCARE mission, we caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission.

With the climate crisis increasingly tightening its grip, ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission (EarthCARE) will shed new light on the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth’s atmosphere.

EarthCARE is the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission. It comes at a critical time in the development of kilometre-scale resolution, global climate models and will provide an important contribution to an improved understanding of cloud convection and its role in Earth’s radiation budget.

EarthCARE is an ESA mission, but it has been developed as a cooperation between ESA and JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency.

This video features interviews with: Pavlos Kollias from Stony Brook University – McGill University, Thorsten Fehr, EarthCARE Mission Scientist at ESA, Robin Hogan, Senior Scientist at ECMWF, Dirk Bernaerts, EarthCARE Project Manager at ESA, Kotska Wallace, Mission and Optical Payload Manager at ESA, Tomomi Nio, EarthCARE Mission Manager at JAXA, Eiichi Tomita, EarthCARE/CPR Project Manager at JAXA, Ulla Wandinger, Senior Scientist at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research and Bjoern Frommknecht, EarthCARE Mission Manager at ESA.

Follow the EarthCARE launch campaign blog for more updates.

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