ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July 1991 – almost 30 years ago today. At the time of its launch, the ERS satellite was one of the most sophisticated spacecraft ever developed and launched by Europe, paving the way for satellite technology in the areas of atmosphere, land, ocean and ice monitoring. Today, we look back at some of the mission’s key accomplishments.
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Venus shines in the western twilight as Mars sinks away. Jupiter and Saturn rise in late dusk. And after dark, Scorpius shows off at its very best in the south.
Greenhouses Probably won’t Work on Mars Because of Cosmic Radiation. Even the Plants Will Have to Live Underground
Week in images: 12 - 16 July 2021
Getting Started in Deep-Sky Astrophotography
Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.
Beating the Heat in Astrophotography
Keeping your camera cool is an essential element to obtaining good clean images in astrophotography.
Blue Origin reveals fourth crew member for Bezos spaceflight
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Why so much solar activity? Sun may be outpacing predictions.
Astronomers investigate the spiral arms of a young star's disk and find evidence of a disk so massive that it could collapse to form planets.
NASA astronaut comes home to Houston after record-setting 355-day space mission
China's Zhurong Mars rover has given us nice, up-close looks at some of the hardware that helped it land safely on the Red Planet two months ago.
Here's how a French astronaut celebrated Bastille Day 2021 in space
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet pulled out all the stops in orbit for a Bastille Day on the International Space Station.
New Shepard: Rocket for space tourism
New Shepard is a rocket manufactured by Blue Origin for space tourism. It is designed to take up to six passengers into suborbital space inside of a crew capsule.
Jeff Bezos donates $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution ahead of Blue Origin launch
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and the spaceflight company Blue Origin, will donate $200 million to the Smithsonian, the Institution announced Wednesday (July 14).
Cruise by Jupiter and its giant moon Ganymede in this gorgeous Juno flyby video
A dazzling new animation puts you aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during its epic flybys last month of Jupiter and the huge moon Ganymede.
The smoke from wildfires in Oregon and beyond is covering vast areas of US, satellites show
It's summer in the Northern Hemisphere — and that means it's fire season. Satellites are pitching in to monitor dozens of blazes nationwide.
Don’t Be Surprised if EmDrive Experiments Never Work
Every few years the “EmDrive”, a proposed method of generating rocket thrust without any exhaust, hits the news. Each time, everyone asks: could this be it? Could this be the technological leap to revolutionize spaceflight?
Shanghai is About to Open the World’s Largest Astronomy Museum
China has certainly been making its growing power and influence felt in recent years, especially when it comes to the realm of space exploration and science. In the past ten years alone, China has deployed the three space stations with their Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”) program, unveiled the Long March 5 heavy launch rocket, and sent robotic missions to the far side of the Moon and the surface of Mars.
Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin and Amazon founder
Jeff Bezos, who made his fortune as the founder of Amazon also created Blue Origin, a space company focused on bringing humans into suborbit.
In George RR Martin's new 'Joker Moon,' space history is a 'Wild Card'
What do the 52 cards in a standard deck and 52 years since the first moon landing have in common with "A Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin? A new book in the "Wild Cards" anthology series. "Joker Moon" refocuses the story to outer space.
Fully stacked Starship caps busy week at SpaceX’s Texas rocket yard
Packed with puzzles, activities and videos, each edition of Future Genius takes you on an epic journey of STEAM discovery — from the solar system to Ancient Greece.
Gearing up for third Sentinel-2 satellite
An anonymous auction winner who paid $28 million for the opportunity will fly in the future due to a scheduling conflict.
Svetlana Savitskaya: Second woman in space, 1st female spacewalker
Surprisingly, one of the main criteria (besides the years of astronaut training) is body size.
