European Space Agency

#dataviz Code exploring uses of free #OpenSource geographic #raster data on Crop Land by @esa@feddit.nl with {terra} in #rstats to compute % cropland in sub-districts.
Data: @esa@social.trom.tf
Full Code🔗https://tinyurl.com/geo-crops-data
Tools #ggplot2; {geodata} by
@nowosad et al

Last night a crucial step in the European Space Agency’s eclipse-making Proba-3 mission was completed: the two spacecraft, flying jointly since launch, have successfully separated.

Launched on 19 December 2013, Gaia’s fuel tank is now approaching empty – it uses about a dozen grams of cold gas per day to keep it spinning with pinpoint precision. But this is far from the end of the mission.

The journey of #Gaia from @esa has not only changed our understanding of the Milky Way, but also transformed those of us who worked on this extraordinary mission. It’s been an adventure that made us question who we are and what we can achieve together. 🌌✨ #GaiaMission #SpaceExploration
@esascience

A post for my @Vivaldi blog

https://mcastel.vivaldi.net/2025/01/eleven-years-in-space/

500 kg, 2.5 meter #object from #space crashes into Mukuku village in Makueni county, #Kenya -

It is claimed its sound could be heard from 200 km away.

Current identification says it is a #separation #ring from a #rocket

(and it does in fact resemble one) -

any experts here who recognize the make?

@space @planet4589
@esa
@nasa (more links in first comment)

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/object-that-fell-from-the-skies-identified-as-separation-ring-from-a-rocket-4875322

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/28751760

European Space Agency's official web shop was hacked as it started to load a piece of JavaScript code that generates a fake Stripe payment page at checkout.