Sentences with phrase «esa spacecraft»

For example, new measurements from the NASA / ESA spacecraft Ulysses show that the sun's current period of low activity goes beyond an extended dearth of sunspots.

This flexibility far exceeded any other ESA spacecraft built up to then.

«NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space.»

Exosat was the first ESA spacecraft to carry on board a digital computer (OBC), with its main purpose being scientific data processing.

Scientists went on to track this coronal mass ejection through the solar system using 10 NASA and ESA spacecraft.

But over a 17 - month period from October 2014 to March 2016, astronomers watched a CME travel from the Sun to the outer reaches of the Solar System with the help of 10 different NASA and ESA spacecraft.

(The ESA spacecraft arrived at Sol's hottest planet on March 11, 2006, where it is being used to investigate how Venus — although similar to Earth in size, mass, and composition — evolved over the past 4.6 billion years to have atmospheric and planetary surface characteristics that now appear very different from those on Earth.)

Not exact matches

Those pieces of flotsam can damage other spacecraft if they collide at high speeds, and bits smaller than about a centimeter are hard to track and avoid, says ESA materials engineer Benoit Bonvoisin in a statement.

ESA's Mars Express spacecraft orbiting overhead was also watching Schiaparelli's radio signal, but a preliminary analysis of those observations has proved inconclusive beyond revealing the same sudden loss of signal.

Mission controllers have yet to receive a signal from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Schiaparelli lander, a smart car — size spacecraft that attempted to touchdown on Mars on Wednesday.

The ESA's new system is designed to counter the force of sunlight on a spacecraft — about the same as the force of gravity on a single human hair.

After a two - year orbital tour around comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft — carrying Southwest Research Institute's Alice ultraviolet spectrograph — will end its mission this week on Sept. 30.

The other finalist, the Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) mission, would launch a spacecraft before the end of 2025 to collect a 100 - gram sample from the surface of comet 67P, which was mapped by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, and return it to Earth in 2038.

And next decade, spacecraft such as NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope and ESA's Planetary Transits and Oscillations will join the hunt, alongside a new generation of enormous ground - based telescopes with mirrors 30 meters across or more.

This image shows a part of the ESA's BepiColombo spacecraft after it has been subjected to temperatures higher than 660 degrees Fahrenheit, which it will face while spying on the solar system's innermost planet.

Pascal rendered the colors based on photos from Cassini, colored pictures from the European Space Agency and old spectrographic data from Titan; he based the spacecraft on illustrations from the ESA and NASA.

NASA has spacecraft orbiting Saturn, Mars, the moon, and the sun and will soon have one around Mercury; the European Space Agency (ESA) has probes around the sun and Venus.

One year ago, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe finally landed on Titan, Saturn's moon, after a 7 - year journey aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

In the European Space Agency's (ESA's) control room in Darmstadt, Germany, the mood was anxious and all eyes were glued to the mission control computer screens as a spidery, three - legged lander named Philae detached from its parent spacecraft, Rosetta, and made its slow descent to the surface of a comet — and cheers and hugging broke out on 12 November when the control room received confirmation that the lander had arrived.

ESA has plans to launch «evolved LISA» or eLISA on its own, and its test bed LISA Pathfinder spacecraft has been performing beautifully.

> A propulsion module consisting of four stages, each with four Vulcain 2 rocket engines (now being readied for an upgrade of ESA's Ariane 5 rocket), to propel the spacecraft from low Earth orbit to Mars.

Despite desperate attempts to reestablish contact by Roscosmos and ESA, the craft remained mute and its orbit degraded until the spacecraft plummeted into the ocean off southern Chile.

As ESA engineers begin building a giant cargo vessel for large loads going to and from the space station, they are also looking at how it can be adapted to carry astronauts and become Europe's first manned spacecraft.

Applause burst out in the ESA control room upon receiving confirmation that Philae had indeed separated from the Rosetta spacecraft.

But some ESA officials are worried that the principal investigators for the spacecraft's 11 instruments are not releasing enough information.

Confirmation of the end of mission is expected from ESA's main control room at 11:20 GMT or 13:20 CEST + / - 20 minutes on 30 September, with the spacecraft set on a collision course with the comet the evening before.

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft arrived at Comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014, following a ten - year journey through the Solar System after its launch on 2 March 2004.

After a nail - biting day at ESA's mission control, we now know that an alarm clock on Rosetta woke the spacecraft at around 1000 GMT this morning, as planned.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has delayed the planned 25 February launch of its CryoSat - 2 spacecraft because of concerns about its launcher, a Russian Dnepr rocket.

The instruments were mostly ready and paid for, but given ESA's other commitments, the spacecraft would have to be built, launched, and operated for $ 150 million.

On Wednesday, the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Rosetta spacecraft will release a washing machine — sized lander, Philae, in the hope that it alights safely on the dusty, black surface of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko.

Astronomers detected the extraordinary feast in X-ray images from ESA's XMM - Newton spacecraft and NASA's Chandra and Swift satellites.

ESA also intends to send spacecraft to Venus and Mercury, which are not even on NASA's schedule.

Moments earlier, to a sound track of sopranos floating over driving electronic rhythms, a large door on the reporters» left slid open, unveiling a full - scale mock - up of Mars Express — the spacecraft ESA plans to launch in late May or early June.

Something is stalking ESA's ERS - 1 satellite, and they have to decide in the next day or two whether or not to use precious fuel to move the spacecraft.

Its overarching theme as an observatory is investigating star formation, says Paul Goldsmith, Herschel project scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. (Both spacecraft, though primarily ESA projects, were built in conjunction with NASA.)

Nestled just below Herschel on ESA's Ariane 5 rocket in French Guiana is Planck, a spacecraft that will build on the work of the seminal Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), launched by NASA in 2001.

As astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis perform what is likely the final tune - up of the Hubble Space Telescope, a 19 - year - old workhorse that has greatly advanced astronomy and the profile of space science, the European Space Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy - hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into space.

In the hall outside Southwood's office at ESA headquarters in Paris, there are lots of photos of technicians in hairnets contemplating gleaming spacecraft that have long since been launched.

Now ESA has reincarnated the spacecraft to study another comet, called Grigg - Skjellerup, which it will meet on 10 July.

The ESA plans to build FEEP into the LISA Pathfinder, a spacecraft designed to detect gravitational waves while stationed at Lagrange point L1, where the gravitational fields of Earth and the sun cancel each other out.

Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System 15 August 2017 Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager - 2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event.

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft arrived at Comet 67P / Churyumov — Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014, following a ten - year journey through the Solar System after its launch on 2 March 2004.

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will end its two - year mission orbiting comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko by crashing into a once - active pit named Deir el - Medina

ESA is looking to develop a spacecraft that could for the first time provide us with a «side - view» of the Sun, improving our ability to predict potentially damaging space weather events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs).

Coming hot off the heels of discoveries made by other observatories, including NASA's Kepler and CoRot (the Convection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits mission, led by France's CNES with contributions from the ESA), this spacecraft is intended to build significantly on our knowledge of the universe, the Solar System, and the formation of life in general.

According to ESA, Mars Express is still in remarkably good shape, but that doesn't count for much because the six gyroscopes that are used to keep the spacecraft properly orientated so it remains in radio contact with Earth aren't what they once were.

Flight controllers for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express probe halted plans to deploy the second boom in a series of antennas that comprise the spacecraft's subsurface radar instrument after detecting an anomaly on May 7.

Ingredients regarded as crucial for the origin of life on Earth have been discovered at the comet that ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has been probing for almost two years.

g (acceleration due to gravity) G (gravitational constant) G star G1.9 +0.3 gabbro Gabor, Dennis (1900 — 1979) Gabriel's Horn Gacrux (Gamma Crucis) gadolinium Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich (1934 — 1968) Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center GAIA Gaia Hypothesis galactic anticenter galactic bulge galactic center Galactic Club galactic coordinates galactic disk galactic empire galactic equator galactic habitable zone galactic halo galactic magnetic field galactic noise galactic plane galactic rotation galactose Galatea GALAXIES galaxy galaxy cannibalism galaxy classification galaxy formation galaxy interaction galaxy merger Galaxy, The Galaxy satellite series Gale Crater Galen (c. AD 129 — c. 216) galena GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) Galilean satellites Galilean telescope Galileo (Galilei, Galileo)(1564 — 1642) Galileo (spacecraft) Galileo Europa Mission (GEM) Galileo satellite navigation system gall gall bladder Galle, Johann Gottfried (1812 — 1910) gallic acid gallium gallon gallstone Galois, Évariste (1811 — 1832) Galois theory Galton, Francis (1822 — 1911) Galvani, Luigi (1737 — 1798) galvanizing galvanometer game game theory GAMES AND PUZZLES gamete gametophyte Gamma (Soviet orbiting telescope) Gamma Cassiopeiae Gamma Cassiopeiae star gamma function gamma globulin gamma rays Gamma Velorum gamma - ray burst gamma - ray satellites Gamow, George (1904 — 1968) ganglion gangrene Ganswindt, Hermann (1856 — 1934) Ganymede «garbage theory», of the origin of life Gardner, Martin (1914 — 2010) Garneau, Marc (1949 ---RRB- garnet Garnet Star (Mu Cephei) Garnet Star Nebula (IC 1396) garnierite Garriott, Owen K. (1930 ---RRB- Garuda gas gas chromatography gas constant gas giant gas laws gas - bounded nebula gaseous nebula gaseous propellant gaseous - propellant rocket engine gasoline Gaspra (minor planet 951) Gassendi, Pierre (1592 — 1655) gastric juice gastrin gastrocnemius gastroenteritis gastrointestinal tract gastropod gastrulation Gatewood, George D. (1940 ---RRB- Gauer - Henry reflex gauge boson gauge theory gauss (unit) Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777 — 1855) Gaussian distribution Gay - Lussac, Joseph Louis (1778 — 1850) GCOM (Global Change Observing Mission) Geber (c. 720 — 815) gegenschein Geiger, Hans Wilhelm (1882 — 1945) Geiger - Müller counter Giessler tube gel gelatin Gelfond's theorem Gell - Mann, Murray (1929 ---RRB- GEM «gemination,» of martian canals Geminga Gemini (constellation) Gemini Observatory Gemini Project Gemini - Titan II gemstone gene gene expression gene mapping gene pool gene therapy gene transfer General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) general precession general theory of relativity generation ship generator Genesis (inflatable orbiting module) Genesis (sample return probe) genetic code genetic counseling genetic disorder genetic drift genetic engineering genetic marker genetic material genetic pool genetic recombination genetics GENETICS AND HEREDITY Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Program genome genome, interstellar transmission of genotype gentian violet genus geoboard geode geodesic geodesy geodesy satellites geodetic precession Geographos (minor planet 1620) geography GEOGRAPHY Geo - IK geologic time geology GEOLOGY AND PLANETARY SCIENCE geomagnetic field geomagnetic storm geometric mean geometric sequence geometry GEOMETRY geometry puzzles geophysics GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) Geosat geostationary orbit geosynchronous orbit geosynchronous / geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) geosyncline Geotail (satellite) geotropism germ germ cells Germain, Sophie (1776 — 1831) German Rocket Society germanium germination Gesner, Konrad von (1516 — 1565) gestation Get Off the Earth puzzle Gettier problem geyser g - force GFO (Geosat Follow - On) GFZ - 1 (GeoForschungsZentrum) ghost crater Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080) ghost image Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) Giacconi, Riccardo (1931 ---RRB- Giacobini - Zinner, Comet (Comet 21P /) Giaever, Ivar (1929 ---RRB- giant branch Giant Magellan Telescope giant molecular cloud giant planet giant star Giant's Causeway Giauque, William Francis (1895 — 1982) gibberellins Gibbs, Josiah Willard (1839 — 1903) Gibbs free energy Gibson, Edward G. (1936 ---RRB- Gilbert, William (1544 — 1603) gilbert (unit) Gilbreath's conjecture gilding gill gill (unit) Gilruth, Robert R. (1913 — 2000) gilsonite gimbal Ginga ginkgo Giotto (ESA Halley probe) GIRD (Gruppa Isutcheniya Reaktivnovo Dvisheniya) girder glacial drift glacial groove glacier gland Glaser, Donald Arthur (1926 — 2013) Glashow, Sheldon (1932 ---RRB- glass GLAST (Gamma - ray Large Area Space Telescope) Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1607 — 1670) glaucoma glauconite Glenn, John Herschel, Jr. (1921 ---RRB- Glenn Research Center Glennan, T (homas) Keith (1905 — 1995) glenoid cavity glia glial cell glider Gliese 229B Gliese 581 Gliese 67 (HD 10307, HIP 7918) Gliese 710 (HD 168442, HIP 89825) Gliese 86 Gliese 876 Gliese Catalogue glioma glissette glitch Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics (GAIA) Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) Globalstar globe Globigerina globular cluster globular proteins globule globulin globus pallidus GLOMR (Global Low Orbiting Message Relay) GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) glossopharyngeal nerve Gloster E. 28/39 glottis glow - worm glucagon glucocorticoid glucose glucoside gluon Glushko, Valentin Petrovitch (1908 — 1989) glutamic acid glutamine gluten gluteus maximus glycerol glycine glycogen glycol glycolysis glycoprotein glycosidic bond glycosuria glyoxysome GMS (Geosynchronous Meteorological Satellite) GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Gnathostomata gneiss Go Go, No - go goblet cell GOCE (Gravity field and steady - state Ocean Circulation Explorer) God Goddard, Robert Hutchings (1882 — 1945) Goddard Institute for Space Studies Goddard Space Flight Center Gödel, Kurt (1906 — 1978) Gödel universe Godwin, Francis (1562 — 1633) GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) goethite goiter gold Gold, Thomas (1920 — 2004) Goldbach conjecture golden ratio (phi) Goldin, Daniel Saul (1940 ---RRB- gold - leaf electroscope Goldstone Tracking Facility Golgi, Camillo (1844 — 1926) Golgi apparatus Golomb, Solomon W. (1932 — 2016) golygon GOMS (Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite) gonad gonadotrophin - releasing hormone gonadotrophins Gondwanaland Gonets goniatite goniometer gonorrhea Goodricke, John (1764 — 1786) googol Gordian Knot Gordon, Richard Francis, Jr. (1929 — 2017) Gore, John Ellard (1845 — 1910) gorge gorilla Gorizont Gott loop Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham (1902 — 1978) Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1824 — 1896) Gould, Stephen Jay (1941 — 2002) Gould Belt gout governor GPS (Global Positioning System) Graaf, Regnier de (1641 — 1673) Graafian follicle GRAB graben GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) graceful graph gradient Graham, Ronald (1935 ---RRB- Graham, Thomas (1805 — 1869) Graham's law of diffusion Graham's number GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) grain (cereal) grain (unit) gram gram - atom Gramme, Zénobe Théophile (1826 — 1901) gramophone Gram's stain Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) Granat Grand Tour grand unified theory (GUT) Grandfather Paradox Granit, Ragnar Arthur (1900 — 1991) granite granulation granule granulocyte graph graph theory graphene graphite GRAPHS AND GRAPH THEORY graptolite grass grassland gravel graveyard orbit gravimeter gravimetric analysis Gravitational Biology Facility gravitational collapse gravitational constant (G) gravitational instability gravitational lens gravitational life gravitational lock gravitational microlensing GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS gravitational slingshot effect gravitational waves graviton gravity gravity gradient gravity gradient stabilization Gravity Probe A Gravity Probe B gravity - assist gray (Gy) gray goo gray matter grazing - incidence telescope Great Annihilator Great Attractor great circle Great Comets Great Hercules Cluster (M13, NGC 6205) Great Monad Great Observatories Great Red Spot Great Rift (in Milky Way) Great Rift Valley Great Square of Pegasus Great Wall greater omentum greatest elongation Green, George (1793 — 1841) Green, Nathaniel E. Green, Thomas Hill (1836 — 1882) green algae Green Bank Green Bank conference (1961) Green Bank Telescope green flash greenhouse effect greenhouse gases Green's theorem Greg, Percy (1836 — 1889) Gregorian calendar Grelling's paradox Griffith, George (1857 — 1906) Griffith Observatory Grignard, François Auguste Victor (1871 — 1935) Grignard reagent grike Grimaldi, Francesco Maria (1618 — 1663) Grissom, Virgil (1926 — 1967) grit gritstone Groom Lake Groombridge 34 Groombridge Catalogue gross ground, electrical ground state ground - track group group theory GROUPS AND GROUP THEORY growing season growth growth hormone growth hormone - releasing hormone growth plate Grudge, Project Gruithuisen, Franz von Paula (1774 — 1852) Grus (constellation) Grus Quartet (NGC 7552, NGC 7582, NGC 7590, and NGC 7599) GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) g - suit G - type asteroid Guericke, Otto von (1602 — 1686) guanine Guiana Space Centre guidance, inertial Guide Star Catalog (GSC) guided missile guided missiles, postwar development Guillaume, Charles Édouard (1861 — 1938) Gulf Stream (ocean current) Gulfstream (jet plane) Gullstrand, Allvar (1862 — 1930) gum Gum Nebula gun metal gunpowder Gurwin Gusev Crater gut Gutenberg, Johann (c. 1400 — 1468) Guy, Richard Kenneth (1916 ---RRB- guyot Guzman Prize gymnosperm gynecology gynoecium gypsum gyrocompass gyrofrequency gyropilot gyroscope gyrostabilizer Gyulbudagian's Nebula (HH215)