Mars Express updates software, extends lifetime until 2034
Published: May 16, 2025 11:19
Mars Express mission operators at ESOC successfully sent a new software patch that would allow the spacecraft to operate in its third decade.
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Biomass, an oversized football and the Australian outback
Published: May 15, 2025 07:00
ESA’s forest mission Biomass will be supported by a custom-built transponder antenna installed in New Norcia, Australia.The satellite will fly over the transponder to calibrate its instrument during its six-month commissioning period, and then regularly up…
Plato’s dialogue
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/05/Plato_s_dialogue
Published: May 13, 2025 08:00
Image: Plato’s dialogue
Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Biomass_completes_a_relay_race_of_a_LEOP
Published: May 9, 2025 09:00
Mission control at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre has completed the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for ESA’s Biomass, after nine days of intense work.
Biomass launched to count forest carbon
Published: April 29, 2025 10:30
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in…
Mission control GO for Biomass launch
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/04/Mission_control_GO_for_Biomass_launch
Published: April 28, 2025 15:00
Image: Mission control GO for Biomass launch
Watch Biomass launch live
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass/Watch_Biomass_launch_live
Published: April 24, 2025 09:50
ESA's Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday 29 April, on ESA WebTV. Coverage will start at 10:55 CEST with commentary live from Kourou and ESA’s European…
Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/04/Simulations_ongoing_for_Biomass_launch
Published: April 23, 2025 14:53
Image: Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch
Final preparations for Biomass operations
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Final_preparations_for_Biomass_operations
Published: April 23, 2025 14:38
As the launch of the Biomass satellite approaches, the excitement is palpable at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. Over the winter months, a dedicated team has been meticulously preparing for the satellite's critical…
Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Farewell_Gaia!_Spacecraft_operations_come_to_an_end
Published: March 27, 2025 10:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy.On 27 March 2025, Gaia’s control team at ESA’s European Space Operations…
Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_tested_self-driving_technique_at_Mars
Published: March 25, 2025 11:54
As ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission flew past planet Mars it autonomously locked onto dozens of impact craters and other prominent surface features to track them over time, in a full-scale test of the self-driving technology that the spacecraft will…