Copernical Team
Sentinel-1's decade of essential data over shifting ice sheets
The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic for climate and sea-rise modelling – has been captured over a 10-year period by satellites from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Snow-covered Amsterdam
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This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 6 January 2026, shows Amsterdam in the Netherlands blanketed in snow. Sandblasting on Mars
Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA’s Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic sandblaster, carving out intriguing grooves near Mars’s equator.
What Makes Air Refrigeration Safer for Food Storage
Food businesses rely on cold rooms and process chillers to keep products safe from farm to fork. When cooling systems fail or behave unpredictably, the result can be spoilage, recalls, or subtle quality drift that emerges only when products reach consumers. How College Students Really Afford Rent And Groceries Now
Many college students say that rent and basic food costs feel harder to manage than any other part of school. It's not unusual for students to work, budget, and still feel short at the end of the month. This leaves a lot of them unsure of how to cover the gap without taking on too much stress. Press conference with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot
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Media representatives joined French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, on Monday 5 January, for a hybrid press conference to learn more about her first mission to space.
This event, held at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Germany, was the final media event in Europe ahead of her launch to the International Space Station.
Sophie selected the name ‘εpsilon’ for her first mission, currently planned no earlier than 15 February, reflecting the power of small, yet impactful contributions, and how many parts come together to make a whole.
During εpsilon, Sophie will conduct a wide range of tasks on the International
Chinese astronauts hone extreme cave survival skills
Twenty-eight astronauts and trainees have completed China's first cave-survival training program, a nearly monthlong exercise run by the Astronaut Center of China in Chongqing's Wulong district.
The course included more than 10 core activities such as environmental monitoring, cave mapping, simulated communication with ground control, and a series of psychological and behavioral drills in Third COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar satellite enters service ramp-up
The third satellite in the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar constellation has been launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, extending Italy's dual-use Earth observation capability.
Built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, and operated in orbit by Teles Momentus to flight test 3D printed fuel tank on Vigoride 7
Momentus Inc. has developed an additively manufactured metal fuel tank that will undergo flight testing on the companys Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle in orbit. The tank, produced in collaboration with Velo3D, is intended as a space-rated component for use on future missions.
The tank was designed by Momentus and manufactured using Velo3Ds metal 3D printing systems. The companies used Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program
Starfighters Space Inc has completed a supersonic flight test campaign for GE Aerospace in which a company F-104 aircraft carried an advanced propulsion test vehicle on multiple flights at supersonic speed. The work supports GE Aerospace's Atmospheric Test of Launched Air-breathing System (ATLAS) program, which is focused on solid fuel ramjet propulsion.
As part of the ATLAS program, Starf