Webb: seeing farther
Webb: seeing farther
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark is set to return to the International Space Station for his first long-duration Station mission. With only one year left before his launch in mid-2023, a name for the mission has been chosen: Huginn.
See all 22 artworks submitted for the Art for Artemis project on display at the Waterfront in Bremen, Germany. The formal opening of the exhibition is on 22 August at 17:00 CEST with ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter and will be open to the public throughout the Artemis I mission to the Moon and back.
The series of heatwaves we are currently experiencing in western Europe is a clear sign of human-induced global warming. ESA’s Clement Albergel explains how we monitor these events using satellites such as the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission and puts them in the context of the long-term climate data record generated via ESA’s Climate Change Initiative.
Europe’s first commercial satellite capable of being completely reprogrammed while in space is now in commercial use.
Week in images: 08-12 August 2022
Discover our week through the lens
ESA and NASA are working hand in hand before the first Artemis mission to the Moon through a series of joint mission simulations. Teams based at the Erasmus Support Facility (ESF) at ESA’s ESTEC facility in The Netherlands, the German Space Operations Centre at ESA’s Columbus Control Centre in Oberphfaffenhofen and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are combining their expertise in a series of exercises to ensure a successful launch.
When it comes to simulations, it’s important that not everything goes perfectly right as it recreates - in real time - different stages of the mission to monitor the spacecraft’s position, propulsion, power, avionics and thermal properties. The European team, consisting of 40 people from ESA and industry, apply their considerable expertise from working on the European Service Module (ESM) to any unexpected problems. The ESM will provide power for the Orion spacecraft and propel it along its orbit to the Moon.
The film includes soundbites from ESA Mission Integration & Performance Engineer: Guillaume Poinnier, ESA Erasmus Support Facility Manager: Kevin Pasay, ESA System Engineer; Olivier Mongrard and ESA ESM Engineer, François Trinquard.
Please find additional footage and interviews on ESM - https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2021/10/European_Service_Module_B-Rolls and https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2021/10/A_European_push_to_the_Moon