European Space Agency YouTube Update

Earth from Space: Kazakh treasure

24-05-2013 07:32 PM CEST

Earth from Space: Kazakh treasure Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the sixty-sixth edition, we discover why the Kazakh region of Mangistau is sometimes called the 'treasure peninsula'. See also the following link to download the image: The treasure peninsula

A piece of space history

24-05-2013 07:29 PM CEST

A piece of space history Yuri Gagarin's MP3 player. Still working after more than 50 years!

Tsunami Information Bulletin

Tsunami Information Bulletin

05/24/2013 11:10 AM EDT

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24 MAY 2013 

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symposium

symposium

23-05-2013 04:10 PM CEST

ESA partners with CNES to host Ground-Based Space Facilities symposium in Paris from 12-14 June 2013.

The Engine Burns Blue

The Engine Burns Blue

05/24/2013 12:00 AM EDT

This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt.

This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it.

This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested.  
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Statement on Space Technology Meetings in Europe

NASA Statement on Space Technology Meetings in Europe

05/24/2013 12:00 AM EDT

The following is a statement from NASA's associate administrator for space technology, Michael Gazarik, about his meetings this week in Europe to discuss potential cooperation on development of space technologies that will enable NASA's future missions. These include the asteroid initiative announced in the president's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.

Living in space

Living in space

24-05-2013 02:29 PM CEST

As Luca Parmitano's launch approaches, ESA Euronews looks at life aboard the International Space Station

Euronews: Life as an astronaut

Euronews: Life as an astronaut

24-05-2013 02:26 PM CEST

Living in the absence of gravity, traveling and working in space. It is the life of the astronauts, the figures in the middle between the mythical and the human.

"When you're about to leave, while you are lying and you have nothing to do. Least half an hour to think: What am I doing here?". Frank De Winne, President of the European Centre for the astronauts of Cologne describes the minutes that anticipate the start. "You're about to go into space, will not come back to earth for the next six months," said De Winne, "you'll be in a small box along with six other people and you've only got half an hour to think about this."

NASA NASA Podcasts Update

Return of the Robots

05/23/2013 12:00 PM EDT

NASA 360: Return of the Robots

Image of the week

Image of the week

17-05-2013 09:53 AM CEST

This Kompsat-2 image was acquired over Kazakhstan's Mangistau region east of the Caspian Sea

Tsunami Information Bulletin

Tsunami Information Bulletin

05/24/2013 01:52 AM EDT

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PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS 

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PACIFIC  OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...

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ALASKA..

.BRITISH COLUMBIA... 

WASHINGTON...

OREGON 

CALIFORNIA. 

Magnetar SGR 0418

Magnetar SGR 0418

05/23/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Chandra views magnetar SGR 0418, a type of neutron star with a relatively slow spin rate that generates occasional large blasts of X-rays.

NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape

NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape

05/23/2013 12:00 AM EDT

The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.

NASA Education Offers Summer of Innovation 'Mini-Awards'

NASA Education Offers Summer of Innovation 'Mini-Awards'

05/23/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA's Summer of Innovation project is accepting proposals through Monday, June 10, from organizations that want to offer students science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational experiences this summer.