How will EarthCARE shed light on clouds?
In around six months, ESA?s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission will take to the skies to advance our understanding of the interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in ...
The power of Earth observation
We are all intricately interconnected to our Earth ? from the trees that provide us with oxygen, to the natural sources that shape our landscape. ESA's Earth observation programme is at the forefront ...
Warming ocean causing rapid glacier...
With all eyes about to focus on the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, new scientific findings show, again, that the climate crisis is taking its toll on Antarctica ? a continent, up to recently, ...
Earth from Space: Salty lakes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the colourful waters of two salty lakes in East Africa: Lake Natron in northern Tanzania and Lake Magadi in southern Kenya.Zoom in to explore this image at ...
Life beyond the leak for ESA?s CryoSat
On 21 November 2023, ESA’s CryoSat satellite swapped to its back-up propulsion system after a fuel leak threatened to bring the mission to an end in 2025. The swap has the potential to extend the ...
Life beyond the leak for ESA?s CryoSat
On 21 November 2023, ESA?s CryoSat satellite swapped to its back-up propulsion system after a fuel leak threatened to bring the mission to an end in 2025.The swap has the potential to extend the life ...
Cairt and Wivern Earth Explorer...
ESA has reached a significant milestone in its commitment towards a deeper understanding of Earth's dynamic processes and addressing pressing environmental challenges with the selection of two new ...
Arctic Weather Satellite in shape
Embracing the New Space approach, it has taken just 36 months to develop and build ESA?s Arctic Weather Satellite. Now complete, this remarkable microsatellite has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to ...
Juice manouevre lines it up for 2024...
On 17 November 2023, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) fired its main engine, burning 10% of the mission's entire fuel supply in just 43 minutes.Why?The engine burn was part of a two-part ...
Juice burns hard towards first-ever...
ESA?s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) launched from Europe?s spaceport in French Guiana on 14 April 2023.It?s on a mission to make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three ...
