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The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, with 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a staff of more than 2,000 with an annual budget of about €4.28 billion / US$5.51 billion (2013).
ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight, mainly through the participation in the International Space Station programme, the launch and operations of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon, Earth observation, science, telecommunication as well as maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana, and designing launch vehicles. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 5 is operated through Arianespace with ESA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing this launch vehicle.
Its facilities are distributed among the following 5 research centres:
This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.
As of 2015, 70 different government space agencies are in existence; 13 of those have launch capability. Six government space agencies - the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA or Roscosmos) - have full launch capabilities; these include the ability to launch and recover multiple satellites, deploy cryogenic rocket engines and operate extraterrestrial probes. Only three currently operating government space agencies in the world - NASA, the RFSA and the CNSA - are capable of human spaceflight.
The name given is the English version, with the native language version below. The acronym given is the most common acronym: this can either be the acronym of the English version (e.g. JAXA), or the acronym in the native language. Where there are multiple acronyms in common use, the English one is given first.
Once upon a time... mission complete
Once upon a time... Rosetta's grand finale
Rosetta end of mission
Meet ESA, the space agency for Europe
Moon Village
Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing explained
Gyroscopes in space
European Space Agency Ends Rosetta Space Mission
Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars
ExoMars arrival seen by Mars Express
On the last day of her incredible mission, Rosetta slowly descends to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. After having sent her extraordinary data back home, she is ready to join Philae for a well deserved rest on the comet. But is there one last surprise in store? This video is available in the following languages: English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcYo-qQ5HbA German https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngPV02ie4g Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PI103Je-cE French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwML3kdmbPk Italian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_vaJmUt37s More about Rosetta: http://rosetta.esa.int http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta Credit: ESA
Rosetta revisits the exciting scientific discoveries she made during her time at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, including the successful search to find Philae. Finally, she starts preparing to descend to the comet for the end of her extraordinary mission. This video is available in the following languages: English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVKFyFbfpOI German https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoDMZRAyDFs Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzAzBHmH8y8 French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJ1bE80pK8 More about Rosetta: http://rosetta.esa.int http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta Credit: ESA
Inside the main control room at ESA's operation centre as the Rosetta spacecraft sends its last signal from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, confirming the end of the spacecraft’s 12.5 year journey in space.
You, together with your 500 million fellow citizens from ESA's 20* European member nations, are the collective owners of one of the world's leading space agencies. The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation, a cooperative coming together of its Member States in their national interest and common good. This new video offers a quick introduction: Europe, meet ESA. (*As of February 2015, 22 Member States)
Almost 50 years since man first walked on the lunar surface, the head of the European Space Agency explains his vision for living and working on the Moon. Johann-Dietrich Woerner believes the next giant leap for humankind could be an international collaboration of space faring nations in the form of a Moon village. This village would be a permanent lunar base for science, business, tourism or even mining. Woerner explains how using the Moon’s own natural resources could help build and sustain a base by 3D printing a structure or building element. Robotic rovers could inflate protective domes for astronauts. He also discusses the potential hazards of living on the Moon as well as the possible locations of he lunar base and the advantages of a new global space project.
How does an astronaut return to Earth from the International Space Station? What does it feel like to re-enter the atmosphere? How does the Soyuz capsule function? Watch and find out. This video is based on an actual lesson delivered to the ESA astronaut class of 2009 (also known as the #Shenanigans09) during their ESA Basic Training. It features interviews with astronauts who have flown on the Soyuz and dramatic footage of actual landings. Produced by the ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations (HSO) Astronaut Training Division, Cologne, Germany, in collaboration with the HSO Strategic Planning and Outreach Office, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, with special support from Roskosmos. Narration Voice: Bernard Oattes Technical Experts: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin (HSO-UT) Content Design: S...
Gyroscopes form an important in keeping the International Space Station and satellites pointing the right way as they orbit our planet. ESA astronaut Tim Peake shows how gyroscopes can be used to keep spacecraft stable during his six-month Principia mission. There is no up or down in space. Satellites track their pointing direction using the same approach as on submarines and aircraft: fast-spinning gyroscopes that maintain a fixed orientation in the same way as a child’s spinning top. The International Space Station has four big gyroscopes which are used for stabilization of the Station. Follow Tim Peake via http://timpeake.esa.int More about Principia: http://www.esa.int/principia
The space probe Rosetta's two-year mission has come to an end. Through its mission, scientists discovered that comets are full of organic molecules, leading to speculation that life on Earth could have come from a comet crash. Photo: ESA.
Visualisation of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module entering and descending through the martian atmosphere to land on Mars. Schiaparelli will enter the atmosphere at about 21 000 km/h and in less than six minutes it will use a heatshield, a parachute and thrusters to slow its descent before touching down in the Meridiani Planum region close to the equator, absorbing the final contact with a crushable structure. The entire process will take less than six minutes: the animation has been sped up. Schiaparelli is set to separate from the Trace Gas Orbiter on 16 October, after a seven-month cruise together through space, and will enter the atmosphere on 19 October at 14:42 GMT. For an overview of the key timings and altitudes corresponding to the events portrayed in this animation see the Schi...
This animation shows the view of the arrival of ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli Entry, descent and landing Demonstrator Module as seen from ESA's Mars Express on 19 October 2016. More specifically, it shows the field of view as 'seen' by the Melacom radio receiver on Mars Express, which will be receiving signals from Schiaparelli beginning at 13:22 GMT (15:22 CEST) and ending at 15:08 GMT (17:08 CEST). The record of these signals from Schiaparelli will provide a critical indication of the module's descent progress, trajectory and landing.At the start of the animation, TGO and Schiaparelli are shown already separated, which is set to occur at 14:42 GMT (16:42 CEST) on 16 October. The animation covers the time period between approximately 13:35 GMT (15:35 CEST) a...
Just in time for NASA's Volare launch on Tuesday 28th May, Martin Archer explains how astronauts get to the International Space Station. It's like rocket science apparently. Luca Parmitano from the European Space Agency is going to be in the Soyuz capsule taking three crew members up to the ISS on the Volare mission. You can watch it live at www.nasa.gov. We're having a LIVE Google Hangout with the ESA to mark the launch! On Tuesday 28th May at 1300 UK time, Martin Archer will be putting YOUR questions to astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who has already been to the ISS twice before. Watch the Hangout LIVE on our YouTube Channel or on Google+. Send us your questions by leaving a comment below, on Twitter or on Google+. Use #AskanAstronaut. To be in with a chance of joining the hangout you m...
Replay of Mr. Luigi Scatteia from PricewaterhouseCoopers, presenting the results of an ESA study to assess the socio-economic impact of the International Space Station (ISS), at the Space for inspiration event in London, UK, from 14-15 September 2016.
This video is part of a series of educational videos that ESA is releasing based on the five visionaries that lent their name to Europe’s space freighters. Jules Verne, Johannes Kepler, Edoardo Amaldi, Albert Einstein and Georges Lemaître form the inspiration to explain the principles of physics to young and older audiences. Presented by Anu Ojha, this video offers a good basis to introduce schoolchildren and the general public to the nature of cosmic rays and their effect on spacecraft and humans. Accompanying these videos are also a new set of resources that ESA education is producing: Teach with Space, a large set of demonstrations and teacher guides intended to bring the excitement of space into the classroom to inspire the next generation. Classroom demos: http://www.esa.int/space...
This virtual journey shows the different components that make up our home galaxy, the Milky Way, which contains about a hundred billion stars. It starts at the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way and with the stars that orbit around it, before zooming out through the central Galactic Bulge, which hosts about ten billion stars. The journey continues through a younger population of stars in the stellar disc, home to most of the Milky Way's stars, and which is embedded in a slightly larger gaseous disc. Stars in the disc are arranged in a spiral arm pattern and orbit the centre of the Galaxy. The discs and bulge are embedded in the stellar halo, a spherical structure that consists of a large number of globular clusters -- the oldest population of stars in the Galaxy -- as well as man...
A space mission to create the largest, most-accurate, map of the Milky Way in three dimensions will revolutionise our understanding of the galaxy and the universe beyond. On 19th December 2013, a rocket blasted into the sky from a launch site in French Guiana and travelled 1.5 million km to reach its destination in orbit around the Sun. The spacecraft is called Gaia. Its mission, funded by the European Space Agency and involving scientists from across Europe, is to make the largest, most precise, three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever attempted. It will be a census of a billion stars spread across our galaxy. The results, says Professor Gerry Gilmore from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy and the Principal Investigator for UK involvement in the mission, "will revolutionise our und...
Frank De Winne is answering a question on the ISS submitted by Paul from Portugal: When you do your EVA (space walk), can you feel the speed (28.000 Km/h) at which the ISS is travelling?
This animation tracks Rosetta's journey through the Solar System, using gravity slingshots from Earth and Mars to reach its final destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko. Rosetta made three flybys of Earth, on 4 March 2005, 13 November 2007 and 13 November 2009, and one of Mars, on 25 February 2007. Rosetta has also visited two asteroids, taking extensive close-up images of 2867 Steins on 5 September 2008 and 21 Lutetia on 10 July 2010. Once the spacecraft is woken up from deep space hibernation on 20 January 2014, it will head for rendezvous with the comet in May. In November the Philae probe will be deployed to the comet surface. Rosetta will follow the comet to its closest distance to the Sun on 13 August 2015 and as it moves back towards the outer Solar System. The nominal missio...
The European Space Agency has announced that astronaut Tim Peake--the first Briton to travel into space--will run the full London Marathon as it happens; to accomplish this task, he will be harnessed to a treadmill aboard the International Space Station. Running a marathon is an achievement in itself, but a British man has decided to make the experience even more challenging. The European Space Agency has announced that astronaut Tim Peake plans to run all 26.2 miles of the London Marathon during his International Space Station mission. Though he will begin the race at the same time as his fellow athletes on Earth, he will be running on a treadmill and wearing a harness to keep him from floating off. According to him, this system of straps on his shoulders and waist is his...
This short video looks at some of the behind the scene roles that contribute to making the ESA working environment a success.
A revolutionary new type of flat antenna is on its way to space, explains Marco Sabbadini, Senior Antenna engineer in ESA’s Antenna and Sub-Millimetre Waves Section. Normally antennas have a curved reflector dish – which works rather like the rounded surrounding of a flashlight to focus its beam towards its target – as well as a radio signal feed horn. The new ‘modulated metasurface’ antenna influences electromagnetic radiation not through the reflector’s curvature but by careful tailoring of the surface itself. To learn more, read his interview here: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Talking_technology/Smart_skin_for_flat_antennas This video is one of a series of videos highlighting the innovative technology being developed within the European Space Agency. ...
Replay of Professor Mariana Mazzucato presenting "Market creation and ESA" at the Space for inspiration event in London, UK, from 14-15 September 2016.
Replay of Mr. Luca de Monte, ESA's Space Economy Manager, talking about the new ESA initiative "ESA Grand Challenges and prizes" during the Space for inspiration event in London, UK, from 14-15 September 2016.
Arrow Electronics worked with the European Space Agency to send a satellite into space and uncover the mysteries of Comet 67P. Then, they worked with us to tell you all about it.
Video copyright and ownership: ESA (European Space Agency) http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions SPACE4INSPIRATION: from COUTURE IN ORBIT to FASHION IN ORBIT, a new course in space fashion and advanced technology The success of Couture in Orbit convinced ESA (European Space Agency) and Politecnico di Milano to create with POLI.design the 1st Higher Education Course FASHION IN ORBIT, Fashion, Technology, Space Inspiration, directed by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro who presented the project to the ESA’s event Space4Inspiration at the London Science Museum. --- SPACE4INSPIRATION: da COUTURE IN ORBIT a FASHION IN ORBIT, un nuovo corso di moda spaziale e tecnologia avanzata Il successo di Couture in Orbit ha convinto ESA (European Space Agency) e il Politecnico di ...
Laurent Pambaguian, a Materials Technology Engineer at ESA, explains how developments in the terrestrial industrial landscape are leading to changes in the way ESA space missions are being designed and built. Advances such as 3D printing and hybrid composite materials offer big advantages to future satellites, if they can be applied in the right way. The result has been ESA’s latest cross-cutting initiative, with work cutting across different technical levels and technology levels: Advancing Manufacturing. To learn more, read Laurent’s interview: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Talking_technology/Rethinking_the_stuff_that_satellites_are_made_of This video is one of a series of videos highlighting the innovative technology being developed within the European...
the conclusion of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Rosetta mission from 3:15 to 5 a.m PDT (6:15 to 8 a.m. EDT) Friday, Sept. 30, with NASA commentary, . The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has crash landed onto a comet, ending its 12-year mission. The space probe had been studying the . ESA's Rosetta spacecraft is set to complete its incredible mission in a controlled descent to the surface of Comet 67P/C-G on 30 September. Mission experts . Rosetta revisits the exciting scientific discoveries she made during her time at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, including the successful search to find .
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has the pleasure to announce a new challenge for students 16 years old and under from all ESA Member States*. Thomas is looking forward to his upcoming Proxima mission, but before flying to the International Space Station (ISS), he would like to invite you to take part in the European Astro Pi Challenge. On board the ISS there are two Astro Pi computers - Ed and Izzy. One of these Astro Pis is available for use by Thomas and can run computer codes developed by…you! Find out more about the European Astro Pi Challenge: http://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/European_Astro_Pi_Challenge_Code_your_experiment
Rosetta, a spacecraft built by the European Space Agency (ESA), will end its mission on Friday, September 30, with a ‘suicide’ descent towards the comet it has been circling for the last two years. Since its arrival in August 2014, the Rosetta mission has been closely studying the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in what has been deemed one of the most successful space missions ever. Two years after its arrival, the ESA has decided to end the mission by making the spacecraft collide with the comet it has been studying. This solution will prevent Rosetta from becoming a piece of floating space debris, as well as allow for scientists to have a never before experienced close-up look at a comet"
Launched in December 2013, Gaia is destined to create the most accurate map yet of the Milky Way. By making accurate measurements of the positions and motions of stars in the Milky Way, it will answer questions about the origin and evolution of our home galaxy. The first intermediate data release, containing among other things three-dimensional positions and two-dimensional motions of a subset of two million stars, demonstrates that Gaia’s measurements are as precise as planned, paving the way to create the full map of one billion stars to be released towards the end of 2017.
The Australian avionics systems engineer who helped build, test and launch the Rosetta space craft that successfully landed a probe on a comet (Comet-67P) says New Zealand and Australia should be investing much more heavily in science and engineering. Warwick Holmes spent 29 years working on European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft projects and missions including four-and-a-half years on the Rosetta project. In this lecture Holmes talks about the Rosetta mission, other aspects of space exploration and the opportunities out there for science and engineers.
the conclusion of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Rosetta mission from 3:15 to 5 a.m PDT (6:15 to 8 a.m. EDT) Friday, Sept. 30, with NASA commentary, interviews and analysis of the successful mission. The Rosetta mission will end with the controlled descent of the spacecraft onto the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at around 4:20 a.m. PDT (7:20 a.m. EDT). Rosetta was launched in 2004 carrying 11 science instruments, with several contributions from NASA including: the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO); the Alice spectrograph; the Ion and Electron Sensor (IES); and the Double Focusing Mass Spectrometer (DFMS) electronics package for the Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion Neutral Analysis (ROSINA). NASA's Deep Space Network supports ESA's Ground Station Network for...
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency speaks at the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Journey through galaxies, past star-forming clouds, around mammoth stars, and inside gas and dust nebulas. A relaxation programme of astronomical wonders by the European Space Agency. Originally produced for Lufthansa inflight entertainment (released June 2011). Credit images: XMM-Newton, Herschel, Planck, Cluster, Integral, Joint ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope and ESA amateur ground-based cameras. Credit music: "Dream Elements" by Green Sun, licensed by AmbientMusicGarden.com
Full Episode & Article: http://wp.me/p30jla-87i BREAKING/REUTERS: The European Space Agency (ESA) landed a probe on a comet on Wednesday, a first in space exploration and the climax of a decade-long mission to get samples from what are the remnants of the birth of Earth's solar system. The box-shaped 100-kg (220-pound) lander, named Philae, touched down on schedule at about 1100 ET after a seven-hour descent from spacecraft Rosetta around half a billion kilometers (300 million miles) from Earth. Scientists hope that samples from the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko will help show how planets and life are created as the rock and ice that make up the comet preserve organic molecules like a time-capsule. Comets come from the formation of Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old solar system. Scien...
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency discussed the progress of her mission on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight news conference Dec. 12 with Italian media gathered at the Italian Space Agency's headquartersin Rome. Cristoforetti arrived on the station Nov. 24 for five and a half months of scientific research and maintenance activity.
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