NASA announced Monday Dr. #marlaperezdavis, director of #nasasglennresearchcenter in Cleveland, plans to retire in June after nearly four decades of service at the agency.“Marla’s four decades of serv...
After extending the record for the longest single spaceflight in history by an American to 355 days, #nasa astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth on Wednesday, March 30, along with Roscosmos cosmo...
The latest issue of the free magazine #science in School is now available online and in printed form. This European journal for #science teachers offers up-to-date information on cutting-edge #science...
Press release available only in original language. Information from ESA’s magnetic field Swarm mission has led to the discovery of supersonic plasma jets high up in our atmosphere that can push temper...
Strong electric currents in the upper atmosphere are known to vary according to the season, but ESA’s Swarm mission has discovered that this seasonal variation is not the same in the north and south p...
After the relative quiet of the long dark winter months, the Arctic will be a tad busier over the coming weeks as numerous researchers descend on this harsh, yet fragile environment. Their aim is not ...
ESA astronaut #thomaspesquet will make two more spacewalks under NASA’s plans to maintain the International Space Station during his mission. Though intended for the end of March and April, the dates ...
Forty-two is the answer, but what is the question? Scientists from the University of Zurich wanted to probe how immune cells adapt to weightlessness so they sent an experiment to the International Spa...
Vloggers recently spent two days at ESA’s astronaut centre to prepare for space – at least for the virtual world of the new Mass Effect: #andromeda computer game.ESA’s centre in #cologne, Germany, wel...
With liftoff just few days away, the next Sentinel satellite for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme is positioned in the launch tower at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.Carr...
atthias Maurer, from Germany, has started his astronaut training as part of ESA’s astronaut corps. Matthias was among the 10 finalists in 2009 selection, and is now undergoing basic training at the Eu...
Watch the amazing #cartoon adventures of #rosetta and #philae, now back-to-back in one special feature-length production.Find out how #rosetta and #philae first got inspired to visit a comet, and foll...
With Europe’s Galileo satnav constellation soon to provide initial services, #esa is looking further ahead: its next-stage navigation research programme received strong backing during last week’s Coun...
Each interplanetary mission that #esa flies carries a multitude of instruments. These spacecraft are headed to pretty inaccessible deep space destinations, so the aim is always to survey as many diffe...
ESA astronaut #paolonespoli will be launched to the International Space Station next year for his third spaceflight. The name and logo for his mission were announced today. Vita stands for Vitality, I...
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