Today is the end of era and a project that has lasted around 30 years, given us a spectacular insight into one of the most beautiful objects in the solar system. Today is when the Cassini mission finally ends by plummeting into Saturn's atmosphere and will be destroyed by re-entry and the intense pressure of … Continue reading Cassini – The End of an Era of Exploration
Cassini is now on it's way towards it's grand and ultimately destructive finale! Using Saturn's largest Moon titan to fling it into a polar orbit between Saturn's ring and it's outer atmosphere it will complete 22 weekly obits of Saturn before plunging into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15th via Countdown to Cassini's Grand Finale / … Continue reading Countdown to Cassini’s Grand Finale
A few pics from ESA little selection - Earth is about to come right between the Sun and Jupiter, some runaway debris from ISS and some spectacular aurora taken from ISS via Week In Images / Highlights / ESA Simon 🙂
I'm trying to keep up with ESA's images, as my regular bloggies would know I used to post this every week but I'm slacking nowadays. This weeks images show cyclone Debbie, Supernova remnant SNR 0509-68.7 and ESA's ExoMars Rover. Click on the link for the full article. via Week In Images / Highlights / ESA No … Continue reading ESA – Week in Images
I've not done these weekly posts for a while, but I thought I would this week. There's cool high speed shot of ISS that caught my eye, as well as a shot of Calgary and a Martian crater to wow at! Full article here: via Week In Images / Highlights / ESA No ownership claimed … Continue reading ESA – Week in Images
The Cassini probe has been capturing the most detailed and amazing images yet of Saturn's rings. The spacecraft is making it's final passes before it is plunged into Saturn later on in the year. Click for more: via NASA just captured some of the most mind-blowing images of Saturn's icy rings ever - ScienceAlert … Continue reading Images from the closest pass yet of Saturn’s RingS
Last year was a great year for discoveries and space exploration. Tim Peake's mission to the international space station has inspired an entire generation, Mars another mission under way, Juno started it's mission around Jupiter. we also said a sad farewell to Rosetta, crashed into it's comet before it got too far from the sun … Continue reading ESA – A Year in Images
This week's images a view of Earth from the ISS, a dusty galaxy and a labyrinth of troughs make up some of this weeks' images. Click the link to see them all. via Week In Images / Highlights / ESA Simon 🙂 No ownership claimed on images - Credit ESA
A week of images shows up among other things, Japan in false colour and an astronut's amazing view of Earth from ISS. More images in the link below via Week In Images / Highlights / ESA Simon 🙂 No ownership claimed on images
I love the diversity that comes with the ESA images. With the Gibson desert, last images from Rosetta and the isolation of the Greenland ice sheet in this week collection this carries on. Click on the link for more. http://www.esa.int/Highlights/Week_In_Images_14_18_November_2016 Simon 🙂 No ownership claimed on images - Credit ESA
This week's collection of images includes a detailed image of the Milky Way from ESA's Gaia, the Gem Nebula, and the Virunga Mountains. Click the link to see the full article. via Week In Images / Highlights / ESA Simon 🙂 No ownership claimed on images - Credit ESA
A spectacular aurora over Iceland a glacier in Chile and a pert of the Martian landscape make up a sample of ESA images this week - the full post can be seen in the link at the end. http://www.esa.int/Highlights/Week_In_Images_31_October_04_November_2016 No ownership claimed on images - credit - ESA Simon 🙂
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