Copernical Team
Next MTG satellite passes final environmental tests
The third satellite in the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) constellation, MTG-Imager2 (MTG-I2) has completed a series of tests that certify the satellite is ready to operate in the harsh conditions found in space – and on the way to space. These range from the strong vibrations during launch to the huge variations in temperature once in orbit, caused by moving between direct sunlight and Earth’s shadow.
Earth from Space: Kimberley, Australia
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Western Australia’s Kimberley region is featured in this double view from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Where spiral arms and star formation meet
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Hubble image of barred spiral galaxy IC 486 How Europe will power the journey to the Moon and back
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Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon and safely home. At the core of the mission is the European Service Module: providing propulsion, power and life support for their journey into deep space.
NASA's Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon: The long road to launch
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Earth's magnetic field creates a previously undetected pocket of protection from radiation on the moon
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Limiting space junk's threat by predicting its mess in the Earth-moon neighborhood
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We’re going to the Moon | Artemis II ESAxASH
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For the first time in over 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon. This time, Europe is part of that journey.
Artemis II is the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis programme and will bring four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.
What carries them on this voyage is the Orion spacecraft, powered by our European Service Module (ESM).
The ESM is built by 20 companies across Europe, led by prime contractor Airbus. The module will provide all the air and water needed by the crew throughout their journey, and
Smile pre-launch media briefing
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Watch the replay of the Smile pre-launch media briefing. The briefing covered key details ahead of the mission’s launch aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Smile is a joint mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.
