ESA Explores Space Operations
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<p><span>This is an official channel of the European Space Agency, where you can find a variety of podcast series bringing you closer to the people, missions and discoveries that are expanding our understanding of the Universe.</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span></span></p>
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July 16, 2026
Our Sun, Solar Orbiter, and listening to solar fireworks - Expedition Sound 1
Guided by a sonification created with data from ESA's Solar Orbiter mission, we explore some of the mysteries of our Sun, how Solar Orbiter is studying them, and how sound can make astronomy more accessible. In this episode of Expedition Sound, we set off on our first journey of this podcast series and travel to the Sun – our familiar, friendly neighbourhood star. Along the way, we meet one of Solar Orbiter’s project scientists Miho Janvier, who helps us uncover the science behind solar flares, the solar cycle, and the mysteries that scientists are still trying to solve about the Sun. We also hear from Nic Bonne, a blind astronomer and science communicator at the University of Portsmouth, about how sonification can open new doors to astronomy and create richer ways for everyone to experience the Universe. Hosted by Zsófi Szalavári Check out the sonification of this episode here: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/12/See_and_hear_three_years_of_solar_fireworks Learn more about ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission: esa.int/SolarOrbiter Learn more about ESA’s Smile mission: esa.int/Smile Find out more about Nic Bonne’s Tactile Universe project: tactileuniverse.org/ Many thanks to Klaus Nielsen (DTU Space / Maple Pools) for making the sonification in this episode. If you would like to hear more sonifications and music by this artist, please visit: linktr.ee/maplepools Original theme music produced by Marci Szalavári (soundcloud.com/septrone-hd). Expedition Sound is a podcast series by the European Space Agency (ESA) in which you’re invited to explore the Universe through your ears. Guided by sonifications – the translation of data into sound – we travel from our Sun out into the depths of space to uncover what the space telescopes of ESA’s science missions teach us about the Universe.
November 25, 2021
ESA‘s riskiest flyby – Solar Orbiter faces Earth debris
We talk to Julia Schwartz, expert in flight dynamics, and Klaus Merz, space debris, about Solar Orbiter's upcoming risky Earth flyby. On 27 Nov, it will pass almost as close as the International Space Station in one of the closest flybys on record, which will see the spacecraft pass through two regions of hazardous debris. Could Solar Orbiter swerve from collision, if needed? Has the recent 'fragmentation event' increased the risk?
July 16, 2021
Rescuing Integral: No thrusters, no problem
A year ago today, a failure on the Integral spacecraft meant it fired its thrusters for likely the last time. Hear Richard Southworth, Operations Manager for the mission explain how in the 365 days since, the spacecraft in Earth orbit has continued to shed light on the violent gamma ray Universe. Not only that, Integral should soon be working even more efficiently than before, as mission control teams implement an ingenious new way to control the 18-year-old spacecraft.
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<p><span>This is an official channel of the European Space Agency, where you can find a variety of podcast series bringing you closer to the people, missions and discoveries that are expanding our understanding of the Universe.</span></p> <p><span></span></p> <p><span></span></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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