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  • Advanced Weather Satellite Launched into Orbit

    Advanced Weather Satellite Launched into Orbit

    The first spacecraft in a new series of NASA-built advanced geostationary weather satellites launched into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Nov. 19 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Once in geostationary orbit, GOES-R will be known as GOES-16 and will provide images of weather patterns and severe storms as regularly as every five minutes or as frequently as every 30 seconds. These images can be used to aid in weather forecasts, severe weather outlooks, watches and warnings, lightning conditions, maritime forecasts and aviation forecasts.

  • Chinese greetings from space

    Chinese greetings from space

    Astronauts on Chinese space station Tiangong-2 greet ESA and Thomas Pesquet. This video was recorded inside the Chinese space station Tiangong-2 by astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong. The duo landed safely on Earth on 18 November after spending a month orbiting Earth. A few hours before their descent, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet was launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.

    ESA’s Director of Human Spaceflight, David Parker, noted, “Human spaceflight provides many opportunities to increase international cooperation, and the interaction between the Astronaut Centre of China and the European Astronaut Centre is already creating positive experiences on which to build for the future.”

    A cheesecake created by French chef Alain Ducasse for Thomas Pesquet’s six-month mission on the International Space Station was sent to the Chinese astronauts.

    Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu, who trained with the astronauts in this video, took part in ESA’s underground course this summer.

  • Expedition 50/51 Launches to Space Station on This Week @NASA – November 18, 2016

    Expedition 50/51 Launches to Space Station on This Week @NASA – November 18, 2016

    The Expedition 50/51 crew, including NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Nov. 17 eastern time, to begin a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to join Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, who all have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since October. Whitson will assume command of the station in February – making her the first woman to command the space station twice. Whitson and her Expedition 50 crewmates are scheduled to return to Earth next spring. Also, Supermoon Shines Bright, Newman Participates in Operation IceBridge, and Advanced Weather Satellite Mission Previewed!

  • DIY Motion Sand – Cool Science Experiment

    DIY Motion Sand – Cool Science Experiment

    It’s a popular tactile toy that’s impossible to put down… and now there’s a way to make your own motion sand using ingredients you can find at home.

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  • Proxima liftoff

    Proxima liftoff

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky were launched to the International Space Station on 17 November from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft.

    Thomas, Peggy and Oleg will spend six months in space working and living on the International Space Station.

    The Proxima mission is the ninth long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut. It is named after the closest star to the Sun, continuing a tradition of naming missions with French astronauts after stars and constellations.

    During Proxima, Thomas will perform around 50 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES as well as take part in many research activities for the other Station partners. The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System.

    Follow Thomas and his mission via http://thomaspesquet.esa.int and go to the mission blog for updates: http://blogs.esa.int/thomas-pesquet

  • Galileo 15-18 – liftoff replay

    Galileo 15-18 – liftoff replay

    Europe’s 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 launcher.

    Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

  • A.I. Experiments: A.I. Duet

    A.I. Experiments: A.I. Duet

    Check out https://g.co/aiexperiments to learn more.

    This experiment lets you make music through machine learning. A neural network was trained on many examples and it learns about musical concepts, building a map of notes and timings. You just play a few notes, and see how the neural net responds. http://g.co/aiexperiments

    Built by Yotam Mann with friends on the Magenta and Creative Lab teams at Google. It uses Tone.js and open-source tools from the Magenta project.

    More resources:
    https://github.com/tensorflow/magenta
    https://github.com/Tonejs/Tone.js

  • A.I. Experiments: Quick, Draw!

    A.I. Experiments: Quick, Draw!

    Check out https://g.co/aiexperiments to learn more.

    This is a game built with machine learning. You draw, and a neural network tries to guess what you’re drawing. Of course, it doesn’t always work. But the more you play with it, the more it will learn. It’s just one example of how you can use machine learning in fun ways.

    Built by Jonas Jongejan, Henry Rowley, Takashi Kawashima, Jongmin Kim, with friends at Google Creative Lab and Data Arts Team.

  • A.I. Experiments: Making it easier for anyone to explore A.I.

    A.I. Experiments: Making it easier for anyone to explore A.I.

    Check out https://g.co/aiexperiments to learn more.

    With all of the exciting A.I. stuff happening, there are lots of people eager to start tinkering with machine learning technology. That’s why we’ve created A.I. Experiments, a site that showcases simple experiments that let anyone play with this technology hands-on, and resources for creating your own experiments.

    Various visualizations featured in video made by Gene Kogan. Additional footage by Sarah Riazati.

    More resources:
    http://www.tensorflow.org
    https://cloud.google.com/vision/
    http://ml4a.github.io

  • Science Max | Pasta Bridge | Season 1 Full Episode | Kids Science

    Science Max | Pasta Bridge | Season 1 Full Episode | Kids Science

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    Science Max – Ever wanted to build a bridge out of pasta? It’s not too hard and works better than you’d think. But what if we were to try to make a pasta bridge big enough for Phil to walk across? Plus, learn how to build a sandcastle you can stand on!

    Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered “What would this be like if it were HUGE?” Welcome to Science Max, the exciting new series that turbocharges all the science experiments you’ve done at home.

    In season 1, join Phil as he builds rocket cars, uses elastic energy to hurl pumpkins on a giant catapult, builds a bridge out of pasta that can hold a human, find magnets powerful enough to float Phil off the ground, and many more experiments taken to the MAX!

  • Science Max | Rocket Car | Season 1 Full Episode | Kids Science

    Science Max | Rocket Car | Season 1 Full Episode | Kids Science

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    Phil builds a balloon powered car in the lab. Then he tries to make one big enough to ride. Can the Science Max build team find a big enough balloon? Or are balloons the way to go? Plus, Newton’s Cradle out of bowling balls, how Guinea Pigs got their name and Newton’s 3rd Law.

    Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered “What would this be like if it were HUGE?” Welcome to Science Max, the exciting new series that turbocharges all the science experiments you’ve done at home.

    In season 1, join Phil as he builds rocket cars, uses elastic energy to hurl pumpkins on a giant catapult, builds a bridge out of pasta that can hold a human, find magnets powerful enough to float Phil off the ground, and many more experiments taken to the MAX!

  • Science Max | Elastic Energy | Season1 Full Episode | Kids Science

    Science Max | Elastic Energy | Season1 Full Episode | Kids Science

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    Science Max – Phil starts with a Popsicle stick catapult. Then he uses everything he knows about elastic energy to build a full-size catapult that hurls pumpkins! Plus, a maxed out paddle wheel boat and a historical re-enactment (sort of) of how catapults were used in medieval days.

    Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered “What would this be like if it were HUGE?” Welcome to Science Max, the exciting new series that turbocharges all the science experiments you’ve done at home.

    In season 1, join Phil as he builds rocket cars, uses elastic energy to hurl pumpkins on a giant catapult, builds a bridge out of pasta that can hold a human, find magnets powerful enough to float Phil off the ground, and many more experiments taken to the MAX!

  • Science Max | Friction | Season 1 Full Episode | Kids Science

    Science Max | Friction | Season 1 Full Episode | Kids Science

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    Science Max – Phil starts with a balloon powered hover disc, then tries to make a maxed out version big enough to ride. In fact, why not make two and then race them! Phil also tries to use the power of friction to climb the walls and even to fly!

    Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered “What would this be like if it were HUGE?” Welcome to Science Max, the exciting new series that turbocharges all the science experiments you’ve done at home.

    In season 1, join Phil as he builds rocket cars, uses elastic energy to hurl pumpkins on a giant catapult, builds a bridge out of pasta that can hold a human, find magnets powerful enough to float Phil off the ground, and many more experiments taken to the MAX!

  • Media Briefed on New NASA Hurricane Mission

    Media Briefed on New NASA Hurricane Mission

    NASA held a media briefing on Nov. 10 at the agency’s headquarters to discuss the upcoming Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission. GYGNSS is a constellation of eight microsatellites that will gather never-before-seen details on the formation and intensity of tropical cyclones and hurricanes.

    CYGNSS, targeted for a Dec. 12 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, is the first mission competitively selected by NASA’s Earth Venture program. This program focuses on low-cost, science-driven missions to enhance our understanding of the current state of Earth and its complex, dynamic system and enable continual improvement in the prediction of future changes.

  • Steve Spangler Hosts New Show on FOX Called DIY Sci

    Steve Spangler Hosts New Show on FOX Called DIY Sci

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    Steve Spangler hosts a new show on FOX called DIY SCI. Check out The Spangler Effect channel for experiments from the show each week.

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    © 2016 Steve Spangler Science all rights reserved

  • Humanity’s Eye into the Universe on This Week @NASA – November 4, 2016

    Humanity’s Eye into the Universe on This Week @NASA – November 4, 2016

    During a Nov. 2 media event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Administrator Charlie Bolden was joined by Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and Senior Project Scientist, Dr. John Mather for an update on the James Webb Space Telescope, including a rare glimpse at the telescope’s primary mirror. Engineers and technicians recently completed a “Center of Curvature” test on the mirror, which measures the shape of the mirror. This is the first important optical measurement before the mirror goes into the testing chambers. Meanwhile, the telescope’s sunshield layers also have been finished. This will protect Webb’s sensitive instruments from the sun when the telescope is in space. The Webb Telescope, which is targeted for launch in 2018, will study every phase in the history of our universe, including the cosmos’ first luminous glows, the formation of planetary systems capable of supporting life, and the evolution of our own solar system. Also, Expedition 49 Returns Safely from the International Space Station, Next Space Station Crew Travels to Launch Site, Agency Innovation Mission Day, SDO Captures Lunar Transit, and World Altitude Record for MMS!

  • Women @NASA: Amy Mainzer

    Women @NASA: Amy Mainzer

    Amy Mainzer is a senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She served as deputy project scientist for NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, an Earth-orbiting telescope designed to survey the entire sky in heat-sensitive infrared wavelengths. Following successful completion of its prime mission, this telescope was renamed NEOWISE and given a new mission to characterize asteroids and comets; Mainzer is the principal investigator. She also is the principal investigator of the proposed Near-Earth Object Camera mission, which would carry out a comprehensive survey of asteroids and comets using a dedicated space telescope surveying the solar system from a vantage point beyond the Earth’s Moon.

  • Women @NASA

    Women @NASA

    Producer Kathleen Kennedy and actor Daisy Ridley took a pause on the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII, to talk about the amazing women that work at NASA.

    For more information visit:
    https://women.nasa.gov

  • Thomas Pesquet: Mission to ISS

    Thomas Pesquet: Mission to ISS

    On 17 November 2016, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the tenth French astronaut to be launched into space, alongside Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.

    They will travel from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazachstan on the Soyuz MS-03, a recently upgraded version of Russia’s workhorse that has been in service for almost 50 years.

    Thomas’s mission is called Proxima and it is the ninth long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut. It was named after the closed star to the Sun – continuing a tradition of naming missions with French astronauts after stars and constellations.

    During Proxima, Thomas will perform more than 50 scientific experiments for ESA and CNES as well as take part in many research activities for the other Space Station partners.

  • Paxi joins ESA Education’s Fly Your Thesis! 2016 campaign

    Paxi joins ESA Education’s Fly Your Thesis! 2016 campaign

    Paxi has joined ESA Education’s Fly Your Thesis! 2016 campaign where 4 teams of university students are running their experiments in an environment of microgravity.

    More about Fly Your Thesis!:
    http://www.esa.int/Education/Fly_Your_Thesis

    More about Paxi:
    http://www.esa.int/paxi/

  • Machines That Think: The Good, Bad and Scary of A.I. | Dr. James Canton | TEDxMarin

    Machines That Think: The Good, Bad and Scary of A.I. | Dr. James Canton | TEDxMarin

    Dr. Canton sees the coming of more Artificial Intelligence uses in our everyday lives and in
    solving global problems. He encourages us to think about its direction and how to maintain control of what we create.

    Dr. James Canton is a leading global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business advisor. For over 30 years, he has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. He is a leading authority on future trends with an emphasis on harnessing innovation. Dr. Canton has advised three White House Administrations and global business leaders.

    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

  • Happy Halloween from NASA

    Happy Halloween from NASA

    One never knows what eeriness lurks in the spooky remains of a deserted launch pad.

    NASA wishes you a Happy Halloween.

  • Thomas Pesquet bio

    Thomas Pesquet bio

    With a background as an aerospace engineer and commercial pilot, Thomas Pesquet is the youngest member of ESA’s astronaut corps. Having completed several years of international training since his selection in 2009, he’ll shortly become the tenth French national to travel into orbit. His stay onboard the International Space Station – known as the Proxima mission – will last around six months.

    Find out more about the Proxima mission:
    http://www.esa.int/proxima

    Connect with Thomas Pesquet on social media:
    http://thomaspesquet.esa.int

  • Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD)

    Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD)

    Join us for a fly-through of the International Space Station. Produced by Harmonic exclusively for NASA TV UHD, the footage was shot in Ultra High Definition (4K) using a fisheye lens for extreme focus and depth of field.

  • This Japanese Robot Evolves Based on Its Surroundings

    This Japanese Robot Evolves Based on Its Surroundings

    Japan has a unique fascination with androids and the quest to make robots more like humans. One of the country’s most original thinkers in this area is Professor Takashi Ikegami of the University of Tokyo. He has created androids filled with sensors and artificial intelligence software. The technology allows them to perceive the outside world and react to it as they see fit. Hello World host Ashlee Vance traveled to Tokyo to meet with Professor Ikegami and see his latest android creation. The robot they encounter flails about and makes strange gurgling noises as it responds to their movements and conversation. While it all looks rudimentary today, the technology is the precursor of what Ikegami predicts will be a new robotic life form that has its own culture, language, and desires. What could go wrong?

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  • ESA Euronews: ExoMars at Mars

    ESA Euronews: ExoMars at Mars

    Scientists and engineers on the ExoMars project had their hearts in their mouths as the ExoMars mission reached the red planet, with the Schiaparelli probe going missing in action at the end of its descent just as the TGO mothership swept into a perfectly timed orbit.

    The rollercoaster ride of arrival at Mars is the first installment in this ambitious Russian and European project that aims for the first time to directly search for signs of life on Mars.

    The plight of Schiaparelli remains unclear. It is certainly on the Martian surface, but may well have hit the red dust much harder then engineers had planned, and nothing has been heard from it since.

    Data relayed during the lander’s descent shows the initial high-speed entry to the Martian atmosphere went well, with the heatshield slowing the craft and the parachute deploying. However once the back heat shield and parachute were ejected the flow of events did not go to plan.

    This video is available in the following languages:
    English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3eIilSYrok
    French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEXA_Fo7ABg
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    Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMnSKkSLLbA
    Italian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqi7XU0ojqI
    Portuguese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyaoG_f51s
    Hungarian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QLUBb5QbI
    Greek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrNu0vselk

  • Alex Da Kid – Not Easy (Lyric) ft. X Ambassadors, Elle King, Wiz Khalifa

    Alex Da Kid – Not Easy (Lyric) ft. X Ambassadors, Elle King, Wiz Khalifa

    Alex Da Kid “Not Easy” feat. X Ambassadors, Elle King, and Wiz Khalifa now available for streaming and download.
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  • Earth from Space: Kathmandu

    Earth from Space: Kathmandu

    Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Part of Nepal including its capital city, Kathmandu, and the Himalayan foothills are featured in the 202nd edition.

    See also http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/10/Kathmandu_Nepal to download the image.

  • NASA Updates Status of Mission to Jupiter

    NASA Updates Status of Mission to Jupiter

    Team members of NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter discussed the latest science results, an amateur imaging processing campaign, and the recent decision to postpone a scheduled burn of the spacecraft’s main engine, during a media briefing on Oct. 19. The agency’s Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 4. On Aug. 27, it performed its first close flyby of the planet. It was the first time Juno had its entire suite of science instruments activated and observing the planet as the spacecraft zoomed past.

  • Orbital ATK Launches to ISS from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

    Orbital ATK Launches to ISS from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

    On Oct. 17, Orbital ATK launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft atop an Antares rocket to the International Space Station. The spacecraft launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This is the sixth cargo mission to the International Space Station for Orbital ATK.

  • Steve Spangler’s Version of 52-Pickup

    Steve Spangler’s Version of 52-Pickup

    Science guy Steve Spangler is back with a brand new experiment. You never know what he’ll have up his sleeve!

  • Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars in real time

    Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars in real time

    Visualisation of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module entering and descending through the atmosphere to land on Mars. The animation follows a simulated timeline of the module, starting when it enters the atmosphere at an altitude of 121 km at 14:42 GMT. In six minutes it will use a heatshield, parachute and thrusters to brake from 21 000 km/h to a near standstill 2 m above the surface, where a crushable structure on its underside will absorb the final shock.

    The key operational milestones are highlighted in the animation at the predicted times at which they have been calculated to occur. However, the actual times may vary depending on the atmospheric conditions on the day, the final path through the atmosphere and the speed at which the module descends.

    The times indicated in the animation are onboard spacecraft times at Mars. The one-way signal travel time on 19 October is just under 10 minutes, meaning that signals relayed by spacecraft at Mars are received on Earth about 10 minutes after the event itself has happened on the Red Planet.

    Both Schiaparelli and the Mars scenery in this animation are computer-generated.

  • Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality on This Week @NASA – October 14, 2016

    Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality on This Week @NASA – October 14, 2016

    An Oct. 11 opinion article written by President Barack Obama and published by CNN, outlined a vision for the future of space exploration. In it, the president echoed the words in his 2015 State of the Union address about the importance of sending humans on a roundtrip mission to Mars by the 2030s, and developing technology to help us stay on the Red Planet for an extended time. That same day in a blog post, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, assistant to the President for Science and Technology, discussed two NASA initiatives that build on the president’s vision and use public-private partnerships to enable humans to live and work in space in a sustainable way. The first was the selection of six companies to develop habitation systems as part of the agency’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships or “NextSTEP” program, designed to lay the groundwork for deep space missions. And this fall as part of the second initiative, NASA will start the process of providing companies with a potential opportunity to add their own modules and other capabilities to the International Space Station. The move is in-line with NASA’s plan to support and foster the growing community of scientists and entrepreneurs conducting research and growing businesses in space. Also, White House Frontiers Conference, Kennedy Reopens After Hurricane Matthew, Orion Service Module Vibration Tests, SLS Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Tank Completed, and Aviation Safety Reporting System Turns 40!

  • ExoMars: From separation to landing

    ExoMars: From separation to landing

    On 16 October, seven months and 500 million km after launching from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the joint European and Russian ExoMars 2016 mission reaches a crucial phase.

    The Trace Gas Orbiter will release its Schiaparelli lander for a three day coast and a six minute descent to the Martian surface.The lander, which was designed to demonstrate technologies for entry, descent and landing on Mars, is heading for the Meridiani Planum. This is an area that is currently being studied by NASA’s Opportunity rover and Europe’s Mars Express orbiter.

    On 19 October, the Schiaparelli lander will be activated a few hours before reaching the Martian atmosphere, when it will be travelling at some 21 000 km/h. The front heatshield – covered with 90 insulating tiles – will be subjected to temperatures of up to 1500 degrees Celsius.

    This video covers the separation, descent and landing procedures, as well as the orbiter’s critical burn to avoid crashing on the surface of Mars.

  • ESTEC Open Day 2016

    ESTEC Open Day 2016

    In place for more than half a century, the complex ESTEC in Noordwijk is ESA’s single largest establishment, focused on developing technology, planning missions and testing satellites. More than 8700 visitors at the Open Day on 2 October 2016 were able to wander around the sprawling facility at their own pace, meeting astronauts, scientists and mission designers while seeing special exhibits and actual space hardware.  

    The theme of this year’s Open Day was “Breath of Life” – the ExoMars orbiter, currently nearing Mars, will be searching out methane and associated rare gases in the thin alien atmosphere as evidence of either surviving Mars microbes or a different kind of ‘life’ – subsurface volcanic activity, which would mean the planet remains geologically active.

  • ExoMars at Mars

    ExoMars at Mars

    Three days before arriving at Mars on 19 October 2016, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will release its entry, descent and landing demonstrator, Schiaparelli, towards the Red Planet. ExoMars is several missions in one. Its orbiter is a science and relay mission. The TGO will search for evidence of gases, such as methane, that may be associated with geological or biological processes. The Schiaparelli lander is a technology demonstrator to test key technologies for future missions to Mars.

    The landing site is an elliptical region close to the equator about 100 km long and 15 km wide in the planet’s Meridiani Planum area. It is relatively flat, smooth and well studied as NASA’s Opportunity rover is on the ground and ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, which will also act as one of the data relay orbiters, has been overhead since 2003.

    This video covers the landing and orbital manoeuvres, including the use of aerobraking – which ESA is using for the first time at Mars.

  • Aspira con NASA/Aspire with NASA

    Aspira con NASA/Aspire with NASA

    In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month NASA hosted an event at the agency’s headquarters in Washington Tuesday, Oct. 4, called Aspira con NASA (Aspire with NASA). The event featured a video message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden as well as presentations from guest speakers Diana Trujillo, mission lead for Mars Curiosity Rover, and former NASA astronaut José Hernández. Each shared stories of aspiration, inspiration and exploration.

  • Earth from Space: Shanghai

    Earth from Space: Shanghai

    Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The Chinese city of Shanghai is featured in the 200th edition.

    See also http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/10/Shanghai to download the image.

  • World School – Food in Movies – AI: Artificial Intelligence 2001

    World School – Food in Movies – AI: Artificial Intelligence 2001

    Food in Movies

  • Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars

    Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars

    Visualisation of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module entering and descending through the martian atmosphere to land on Mars.

    Schiaparelli will enter the atmosphere at about 21 000 km/h and in less than six minutes it will use a heatshield, a parachute and thrusters to slow its descent before touching down in the Meridiani Planum region close to the equator, absorbing the final contact with a crushable structure.

    The entire process will take less than six minutes: the animation has been sped up.

    Schiaparelli is set to separate from the Trace Gas Orbiter on 16 October, after a seven-month cruise together through space, and will enter the atmosphere on 19 October at 14:42 GMT.

    For an overview of the key timings and altitudes corresponding to the events portrayed in this animation see the Schiaparelli descent sequence graphic: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/02/ExoMars_2016_Schiaparelli_descent_sequence_16_9

    Both Schiaparelli and the Mars scenery in this animation were computer generated.

    More about ExoMars:
    http://www.esa.int/exomars

    ExoMars FAQ:
    http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ExoMars/ExoMars_frequently_asked_questions