Brussels 23.01.2023 In today’s online digital society the threats of cyberattacks are real, and the results can be seriously damaging. The space industry provides security services to the clients in Europe and North America for over a decade, and its effectiveness should not be underestimated, the ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said, while addressing press…
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Borrell: space is strategic domain
Brussels 24.01.2023 “The purpose of my intervention is to highlight the current geopolitical context of space, its relevance for the security and defence perspective” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said, while addressing the 15th European Space Conference “Securing the future of Europe in space”, taking place in Brussels, January 24-25, 2023. đ´ LIVE |…
ESA: understanding of snow
Estimating the amount of seasonal snow is important for understanding the water cycle and Earthâs climate system, but establishing a clear and coherent picture of change has proven difficult. New research from ESAâs Climate Change Initiative has helped to produce the first reliable estimate of snow mass change and has helped to identify different continental…
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returned
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano touched down in the Kazakh Steppe at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET), 6 February 2020 after his second six-month mission on the International Space Station. Luca returned to Earth in the Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft alongside US astronaut Christina Koch and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. ESA astronaut @astro_luca returned to Earth today…
Floods in Italy by Sentinel-1
Torrential downpours have battered many parts of Italy this month, with extreme flooding wreaking havoc across northern Italy. The province of Alessandria is said to be one of the worst-affected areas according to Italian media, with around 200 people evacuated and 600 said to be left stranded. This multi-temporal image uses two @CopernicusEU #Sentinel1 images…
Sentinel 6 – cooperation masterpiece
Anna van Densky from Ottobrunn The European space agency (ESA) and industry officials assembled at the IAGB engineering company venue in Ottobrunn, near Munich, Germany, on November 15 to start the countdown of the satellite Sentinel-6 launch. The consturciton of twin Sentinel–6 satellites ensures the observation of world oceans, reflecting the highest level of the…
ESA Aschbacher calls for investing in space
At opening of the #PhiWeek2019 the Director of Earth Observation Programmes Josef Aschbacher called for investing in European space industries, ensuring the EU leadership in space. #Phiweek @AschbacherJosef call #EU to invest in #ESA ensuring its leadership in innovation to benefit of economies and societies. pic.twitter.com/UTfiN0Durz — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) September 9, 2019 The European Earth…
#LPS19: ESA ‘Big Bang’ in Milan
The European Space Agencyâs 2019 Living Planet Symposium has opened its working sessions today in Milan (Italy) Convention Centre MiCo. This symposium focuses on Earth Observation contribution to science and society, and spreading knowledge on disruptive technologies and actors, changing the traditional Earth Observation landscape, which also reveals new challenges and opens opportunities for public…
ESA celebrates Asteroid Day
Asteroid Day is a global campaign to increase awareness about asteroids and the threats and opportunities they pose. Celebrated each year on 30 June, Asteroid Day marks the largest asteroid impact event experienced on Earth in recorded history, the 1908 Tunguska event. People, animals and territory of forest were destroyed in seconds by ‘Firebird Agdy’,…
Airbus suggests UK to join Galileo after Brexit
The chief executive of the European aerospace firm Airbus Commercial Aircraft (Airbus) said the UK should not be frozen out of the European Unionâs Galileo space program after exiting, he called on both parties to find a long-term solution in the interest of European security. The chief executive of Airbus, which makes the payload â…
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