Your search:
1795 result(s) in 4 ms
-
DUK10142607_011
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Tusse (Sweden) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622635
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_019
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Tusse (Sweden) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622634
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_052
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Tusse (Sweden) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622601
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_062
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Tusse (Sweden) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622633
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_009
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Tusse (Sweden) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622632
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_078
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Tusse (Sweden) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622631
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_026
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622600
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_002
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622599
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_008
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622594
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_015
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622629
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_058
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622630
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_037
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622628
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_032
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622665
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_034
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622627
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_003
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622637
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_057
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622613
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_054
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622606
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_042
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622625
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_027
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622626
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_076
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622624
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_024
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622619
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_006
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622623
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_043
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622622
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_007
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622621
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_039
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622620
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_014
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622618
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_029
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
Manizja Sangin, Manizha (Russia) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622616
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_038
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622617
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_016
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622615
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_065
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622614
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_049
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622612
(c) Dukas -
DUK10142607_068
PEOPLE - ESC 2021: Proben zum ersten Halbfinale
The Roop (Lithuania) during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands *** Local Caption *** 32622611
(c) Dukas -
DUKAS_125057072_EYE
Crew-3 at SpaceX
Crew-3 at SpaceX.
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer trains with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron at SpaceX in California, USA.
Matthias officially joined ESA’s Astronaut Corps in 2015 and is the only ESA astronaut yet to fly to space. Originally from the southwest German state of Saarland, Matthias has studied in four different countries, gained a doctorate in materials science engineering and achieved national recognition for outstanding research.
Since joining ESA as an astronaut, he has been busy completing astronaut training in Europe and the US, taking part in ESA and NASA analogue studies underground and underwater and participating in sea survival training off the coast of China.
While this is the first mission for the German ESA astronaut, it may also provide a rare opportunity for two European astronauts to meet in space. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be nearing the end of his six-month Alpha mission by the time Matthias is scheduled to arrive for his six-month mission. Both astronauts will carry out science and operations in space on behalf of researchers and international partners worldwide.
Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124556410_EYE
Dragon at night
Dragon at night.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet snapped this image of the Crew-1 Dragon capsule reentering the atmosphere during his second long-duration mission known as Alpha. He posted it on social media saying "Night sky, city lights, thunderstorms, the thin glow of the atmosphereÉ and a Dragon reentry igniting the sky like a shooting star over Mexico, in the bottom right corner. Perfect view!"
Thomas was launched to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha, on 23 April 2021. He will spend six months living and working on the orbital outpost where he will support more than 200 international experiments in space.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124350977_EYE
Antofagasta, Chile
Antofagasta, Chile.
Antofagasta, a port city in northern Chile, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Located around 1000 km north of Santiago, Antofagasta is the capital of both the Antofagasta Province and Region. The Antofagasta province borders the El Loa and Tocopilla provinces to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
The city stretches approximately 22 km along the coast, snuggled between the ocean and the arid mountains to the east. The largest city in northern Chile, Antofagasta has a population of around 400 000 people. The cityÕs early growth resulted from the discovery of nitrate deposits in 1866, while today the economy is mainly based on the exploitation of various minerals such as copper and sulphur.
In the right of the image, large, emerald green geometric shapes are visible and are most likely evaporation ponds used in mining operations. These bright colours are in stark contrast with the surrounding desert landscape, which is largely devoid of vegetation, making them easily identifiable from space.
The city of Antofagasta is also a communications centre on the Pan-American Highway, visible as distinctive black lines in the right of the image, and is also linked by rail to the mines, as well as Bolivia and Argentina.
Antofagasta is located within the Atacama Desert which is considered one of the driest places on Earth, as there are some parts of the desert where rainfall has never been recorded. Antofagasta typically has a cold desert climate with abundant sunshine, with January being its warmest month.
This image, captured on 6 January 2021, shows little cloud cover over the city and surrounding area but strong westerly winds have created distinct wave patterns over the ocean Ð visible all the way from space.
This image was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission Ð a two-satellite mission to (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124320283_EYE
ESA to build second deep space dish in Australia
ESAÕs solar-powered giant one year on.
ESAÕs 35-metre antenna in Australia has now been powered by the Sun for over a year, cutting costs and reducing carbon emissions by 330 tonnes - equivalent to 1.9 million km driven by car.
The solar plant at the New Norcia station in Western Australia started its first full month catching solar rays in August 2017. One year later, it had produced 470 Megawatt-hours of power Ð enough to supply 120 four-person homes for a year, fuelling 34% of the total electricity consumption of the station.
In order for the tracking station to be powered 100% by renewable energy, more panels would be required. Other sources of energy could also be used such as kite power, hydrogen or geothermal energy.
ÒI am really happy with these results Ð they reach beyond our initial expectations when we began the solar-power upgrade and I would be thrilled to see the same development spread to our other ground stations,Ó explains Marc Roubert, ESA's ground stations maintenance engineer.
With this success, ESA engineers will investigate possible similar upgrades for other stations.
Ultimately, Marc says, it would be a real achievement to get all ESA ground stations in the Estrack network completely off the mains power grid. This way, they can continue to track and communicate with satellites orbiting Earth and in deep space, while reducing the carbon footprint of the AgencyÕs giant 'eyes on the skies'.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
Credit: ESO / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESO / eyevine -
DUKAS_124889641_EYE
Webb’s golden mirror wings open one last time on Earth
Webb’s golden mirror wings open one last time on Earth.
The world’s most powerful space science telescope has opened its primary mirror for the last time on Earth.
As part of the international James Webb Space Telescope’s final tests, the 6.5 meter (21 feet 4 inch) mirror was commanded to fully expand and lock itself into place, just like it would in space. The conclusion of this test represents the team’s final checkpoint in a long series of tests designed to ensure Webb’s 18 hexagonal mirrors are prepared for a long journey in space, and a life of profound discovery. After this, all of Webb’s many movable parts will have confirmed in testing that they can perform their intended operations after being exposed to the expected launch environment.
Making the testing conditions close to what Webb will experience in space helps to ensure the observatory is fully prepared for its science mission one million miles away from Earth.
Commands to unlatch and deploy the side panels of the mirror were relayed from Webb’s testing control room at Northrop Grumman, in Redondo Beach, California. The software instructions sent, and the mechanisms that operated are the same as those used in space. Special gravity offsetting equipment was attached to Webb to simulate the zero-gravity environment in which its complex mechanisms will operate. All of the final thermal blanketing and innovative shielding designed to protect its mirrors and instruments from interference were in place during testing.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124351005_EYE
Vega liftoff on flight VV18
Vega liftoff on flight VV18.
On 28 April 2021, Vega lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on flight VV18 to deliver into two separate orbits the Earth observation satellite Pléiades Neo-3 and five auxiliary payloads.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124351003_EYE
In the Sky with Diamonds
The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas — a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly known as the Necklace Nebula, this planetary nebula is located 15 000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (The Arrow). The Necklace Nebula — which also goes by the less glamorous name of PN G054.2-03.4 — was produced by a pair of tightly orbiting Sun-like stars. Roughly 10 000 years ago, one of the aging stars expanded and engulfed its smaller companion, creating something astronomers call a “common envelope”. The smaller star continued to orbit inside its larger companion, increasing the bloated giant’s rotation rate until large parts of it spun outwards into space. This escaping ring of debris formed the Necklace Nebula, with particularly dense clumps of gas forming the bright “diamonds” around the ring. The pair of stars which created the Necklace Nebula remain so close together — separated by only a few million kilometres — that they appear as a single bright dot in the centre of this image. Despite their close encounter the stars are still furiously whirling around each other, completing an orbit in just over a day. The Necklace Nebula was featured in a previously released Hubble image, but now this new image has been created by applying advanced processing techniques, making for a new and improved view of this intriguing object. The composite image includes several exposures from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124231898_EYE
20 years of Europeans on the Space Station
20 years of Europeans on the Space Station. The International Space Station has been orbiting Earth for over two decades, and the first European astronaut to arrive was Umberto Guidoni on 21 April 2001. This month ESA celebrates 20 years of ESA astronauts on the International Space Station. The next to be launched, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, is scheduled to ride to the Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on 22 April 2021 under NASA’s commercial crew programme.
Umberto flew to the Space Station on the US Space Shuttle STS-100 mission that was launched on 19 April 2001. This picture shows him in the Russian Zvezda Service Module after opening the hatch on 23 April between the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft that will fly Thomas to space almost exactly 20 years later is also called Endeavour and leaves from the same launch facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. It will be the first ESA launch from the USA in over a decade.
The 11-day STS-100 mission was the 9th Shuttle visit to the International Space Station and included two spacewalks. The main payloads were the Italian-built Raffaello multi-purpose pressurised logistics module and Canada's giant robotic arm, that went on to help build the International Space Station to the football-field-sized outpost it is today, with three laboratory modules, an airlock and more.
Since Umberto’s mission, there have been 26 further ESA astronaut missions to the International Space Station, with astronauts flying to Station on either the Russian Soyuz or US Space Shuttle spacecraft.
Thomas’ mission will be the 28th mission for ESA, with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer already lined up for his first flight later this year, and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti scheduled for the 30th ESA International Space Station mission in 2022.
Umberto went on to become a member of the European Parliament after his historic flight.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevi
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_131619800_EYE
Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the International Space Station
SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour that brought JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet to the International Space Station in 2021, the Crew-2 flight. The picture was taken shortly on 26 April 2021, shortly after their arrival at the orbital outpost.
Thomas shared this image on social media with the caption:
"We hit the ground running on the Space Station ! Weíve been here for 48 hours and the whole crew is full at work on research. This is what will be a frequent work location for me: the European Columbus laboratory, early in the morning with no one inside, and super busy with 3 experiments and 5 people inside today! Looks like rush hour metro in London. Exciting times for space research!!! As we are 11 on the International Space Station and there are only 6 sleeping stations (soon we will have 7), the departing crew is camping out. Yesterday Commander Shannon Walker handed over the keys to Aki Hoshide who is now the commander of the second part of Expedition 65. The departing crew wore matching shirts. Crew-1 picked blue, weíre more going with the black and orange kind of vibeÖ The 11 people up here required spacecraft to got here so for the first time, we have 2 SpaceX Crew Dragons docked to the Space Station at the same time, one on the forward docking port (ours), and one on the zenith docking port (Crew-1ís). The good thing is that from their windows, you get an absolutely beautiful view of our vehicleÖ but not vice-versa (our windows face downwards, toward Earth. Our capsule is more beautiful anyway (yes, there is a slight change in the paint job) "
Credit: ESA/NASA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA/NASA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124351006_EYE
Revoir la Normandie
Revoir la Normandie.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet snapped this image of Normandy from the International Space Station during his second long-duration mission known as Alpha. He posted it on social media saying "The Space Station always travels from West to East, which is great for taking pictures of my birthplace Normandy. A perfect frame to start the Earth pictures of #MissionAlpha "
Thomas was launched to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha, on 23 April 2021. He will spend six months living and working on the orbital outpost where he will support more than 200 international experiments in space.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124351002_EYE
ISS Group photo
Group photo.
JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi snapped this image of the full ISS crew after the arrival of Thomas Pesquet and his Crew-2. Thomas shared this image on his social media platforms saying: "It is good to be back! We just called our friends and families to reassure them we arrived in good health, the smiles on our faces (no masks up here!) speak volumes. It is a great feeling to be weightless again in the Space Station. It feels familiar in a way, but also very special. The space is less tidy than last time, but this is simply because there is more equipment We now have a few hours to install our sleeping bags, toiletries, sport gear and so on, afterwardsÉ to work!"
Thomas was launched to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha, on 23 April 2021. He will spend six months living and working on the orbital outpost where he will support more than 200 international experiments in space.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124231900_EYE
Hubble Celebrates its 31st anniversary with a magnificent view
In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the celebrated observatory at one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy to capture its beauty. The giant star featured in this latest Hubble Space Telescope anniversary image is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction. The star, called AG Carinae, is surrounded by an expanding shell of gas and dust. The nebula is about five light-years wide, which equals the distance from here to our nearest star, Alpha Centauri.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124231901_EYE
Mission Alpha liftoff
Mission Alpha liftoff.
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide. The Crew-2 spend around 24 hours travelling to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off at 11:49 on 23 April 2021 from Launchpad 39A in Cape Canaveral at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
Thomas is the first ESA astronaut to fly in space in a vehicle other than the Russian Soyuz or the US Space Shuttle, and the first ESA astronaut to leave Earth from Florida, USA, in over a decade. This is his second flight, his first mission called Proxima saw Thomas fly to the Space Station on a Soyuz from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and his Expedition broke records for amount of hours spent on research at the time.
Thomas’ second mission to the International Space Station is called Alpha. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.
Over 200 experiments are planned during Thomas’s time in space, with 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by France’s space agency CNES.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124351004_EYE
Looking out the window
Looking out the window.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet returned to the International Space Station on 24 April 2021 taking a new ride to space, the SpaceX Crew Dragon launching from Florida. The trip took 23 hours and Thomas took a series of images from the capsule and shared them on his social media channels.
Commenting on this image, he said: "Admiring the view, but when you launch from Cape Canaveral, you mustn't forget the sunscreen... I didn't have this problem in Baikonur!"
Thomas was launched to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha, on 23 April 2021. He will spend six months living and working on the orbital outpost where he will support more than 200 international experiments in space.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124231888_EYE
Mission Alpha liftoff
Mission Alpha liftoff.
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide. The Crew-2 spend around 24 hours travelling to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off at 11:49 on 23 April 2021 from Launchpad 39A in Cape Canaveral at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
Thomas is the first ESA astronaut to fly in space in a vehicle other than the Russian Soyuz or the US Space Shuttle, and the first ESA astronaut to leave Earth from Florida, USA, in over a decade. This is his second flight, his first mission called Proxima saw Thomas fly to the Space Station on a Soyuz from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and his Expedition broke records for amount of hours spent on research at the time.
Thomas’ second mission to the International Space Station is called Alpha. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.
Over 200 experiments are planned during Thomas’s time in space, with 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by France’s space agency CNES.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124231897_EYE
Falcon 9 Crew Dragon getting readied for the launch of Crew-2.
Falcon 9 Crew Dragon getting readied for the launch of Crew-2.
A Falcon 9 Crew Dragon getting readied for the launch of Crew-2 on launch pad 39A on 22 April 2021 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to the International Space Station on his second spaceflight.
The mission, which is called Alpha, will see the first European to launch on a US spacecraft in over a decade. Thomas is flying on the Crew Dragon, alongside NASA astronauts Megan MacArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide.
After a delay due to difficult weather the launch is now planned for 23 April 2021 05:49 EDT / 11:49 CEST.
Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_124231899_EYE
Galactic Close-Up
This image shows a close-up portrait of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, which lies over 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). Bright bands of blue young stars make up the arms of this galaxy, which wind lazily outwards from the luminous core. The intricate red-brown filaments threading through the spiral arms are known as dust lanes, and consist of dense clouds of dust which obscure the diffuse starlight from the galaxy. This galaxy is a familiar subject for Hubble. In the last years of the twentieth century, NGC 4063 was keenly and closely watched for signs of a peculiar class of stars known as Cepheid variables. These stars have a luminosity closely tied to the period with which they darken and brighten, allowing astronomers to accurately measure how far they are from Earth. Distance measurements from Cepheid variables are key to measuring the furthest distances in the Universe, and were one of the factors used by Georges Lemaître and Edwin Hubble to show that the Universe is expanding.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
DUKAS_123881017_EYE
Light Bends from the Beyond
This extraordinary image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy cluster Abell 2813 (also known as ACO 2813) has an almost delicate beauty, which also illustrates the remarkable physics at work within it. The image spectacularly demonstrates the concept of gravitational lensing. In amongst the tiny dots, spirals and ovals that are the galaxies that belong to the cluster, there are several distinct crescent shapes. These curved arcs of light are strong examples of a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. The image was compiled using observations taken with the Hubble Space TelescopeÕs Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).Ê Gravitational lensing occurs when an objectÕs mass causes light to bend. The curved crescents and s-shapes of light in this image are not curved galaxies, but are light from galaxies that actually lie beyond Abell 2813. The galaxy cluster has so much mass that it acts as a gravitational lens, causing light from more distant galaxies to bend around it. These distortions can appear as many different shapes, such as long lines or arcs. This very visual evidence that mass causes light to bend has been famously used as a proof of one of the most famous scientific theories: EinsteinÕs theory of general relativity.Credit: ESA / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
E: info@eyevine.com
http://www.eyevine.com
(FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
ESA / eyevine -
