European Space Agency YouTube Update

ATV vs. UD: DJ Young Einstein vs. ATV Albert Einstein

14-06-2013 06:59 PM CEST

For the 2013 Automated Transfer Vehicle docking day music video, ESA teamed up with California hip hop group Ugly Duckling (http://www.uglyduckling.us), who have produced a super space remix of Elevation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcbSiqhJHcc).

Rock along to the beats of DJ Young Einstein and the visuals of ATV Albert Einstein! Follow the ATV mission to the ISS via http://blogs.esa.int/atv

Music, lyrics and original video animation Copyright (C) Ugly Duckling (http://www.uglyduckling.us) 2012-13. ESA remix video credit ESA/European Space Agency, used with permission.

Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

06/14/2013 12:00 AM EDT

More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21 during Rocket Week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

A View of Mercury From Afar

A View of Mercury From Afar

06/14/2013 12:00 AM EDT

This image of Mercury, acquired by the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) aboard NASA's MESSENGER mission on April 23, 2013, allows us to take a step back to view the planet. Prior to the MESSENGER mission, Mercury's surface was often compared to the surface of Earth's moon, when in fact, Mercury and the moon are very different.

This image in particular highlights many basins near Mercury's terminator, including Bach crater. Many craters with central peaks and the nearby bright rays of Han Kan crater are also evident. Once per week, MDIS captures images of Mercury's limb, with an emphasis on imaging the southern hemisphere limb.

These limb images provide information about Mercury's shape and complement measurements of topography made by the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) of Mercury's northern hemisphere.

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

06/14/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.

Week In Images

Week In Images

14-06-2013 11:49 AM CEST

Our week through the lens:
10-14 June 2013

ATV-4 docking

ATV-4 docking

14-06-2013 11:01 AM CEST

Follow the ATV-4 docking to the International Space Station, 15 June from 14:50 CEST

ATV ready to nose up to Station

ATV ready to nose up to Station

14-06-2013 10:17 AM CEST

ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Albert Einstein, is set to conduct an autonomous docking with the International Space Station on 15 June. The vessel will deliver scientific experiments, vital supplies and fuel to the astronauts.