All the pictures taken during last night’s flyby and rest of data will be made available next week in the ESA’s Planetary Science Archive
@esapsanews
maintained by our colleagues of
@ESAesdc
, that upgraded recently its user interface 😎
👉🏻 👈🏻
This 4th Mercury flyby takes BepiColombo closer to the planet than it’s ever been before, reducing its speed and changing its direction.
During the flyby, we will snap images and fine-tune science instruments before the main mission begins.
🗓️Closest approach at 4 Sep, 23:48 CEST
Teams from across ESA and industry have worked hard to overcome a glitch that prevented
@BepiColombo
's thrusters from operating at full power. The mission is still on track, with a new trajectory that will take it just 165 km from Mercury’s surface on Wednesday 👉
#OTD
10 years ago, 6 August 2014, ESA's
#Rosetta
spacecraft arrived in orbit around
#Comet67P
👏
Our friend
#Vangelis
was inspired to compose some music to celebrate this mission, and here's the appropriate track for today 😎
Delighted to invite you to my first virtual Science Directorate Town Hall!
Independent of career stage or affiliation in the scientific community, join us Tues 28 May 9:30-12:30 CEST to learn, ask questions, share views & ambitions:
@esa
@esascience
WARNING: PSA services will have an extended downtime from April 18 16:30 CET to April 22 09:00 CET due to the physical relocation of the ESAC data centre as part of building refurbishment. Sorry for any inconvience caused - we'll keep you posted!
@esa
@esascience
@ESA_History
@ESA_Rosetta
[ROSETTA WEEK☄️] Let's go back to the beginning... 🤓Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from when the Sun and its planets formed. Rosetta and its Philae lander conducted a thorough investigation of the structure of the comet in order to better
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#science
,
#engineering
,
#IT
or
#business
services?
🤩 We have over 100
#career
opportunities for you!
Check out the conditions to apply for ESA's Graduate Trainee programme 👉
🚀 Are you an astronomer or planetary scientist excited about tech? Join us at
#dotAstronomy
13 at ESAC, Madrid, April 22-26, 2024! 🛰️ Dive into the future of astronomy and planetary science with talks, tutorials, and hack days.
🔗 Details & register:
✨
#dotAstronomy
is more than a conference; it's a community passionate about leveraging tech for the advancement of astronomy. 🌐 Explore how computing and the internet are transforming research, education, and outreach in our data-driven era. Be part of building change in our
#EnVision
data will eventually join the
#VenusExpress
data in the PSA - in fact we will be upgrading the
#VEX
dataset to the latest archival format to ensure that those data are even easier to use in preparation for, and alongside, EnVision
⚠Breaking space science news⚠
We have adopted two new ambitious space science missions:
🪐 EnVision: a bold mission to study Venus from its inner core to its outer atmosphere, giving important new insight into the planet's history, geological activity and climate targeted to