.ESA's Aeolus mission will soon plummet to Earth. Teams at #MissionControl will be attempting an 'assisted reentry': not originally planned for but in line w. current guidelines, it sets a new precedent for safe #operations See #RocketScience blog for updates📰👉blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/…

The countdown is truly on now for Aeolus as it begins its journey home 🌠 End-of-life tests are over. Aeolus will naturally descend as Earth’s atmosphere and gravity combine to drag the satellite down. For now... we wait. More soon 📺 #ByeByeAeolus 👉blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/…

🚨More details on ESA's Aeolus mission: the reentry, if all manoeuvres are successful, will most likely happen at the end of July/early August. This information might change, mostly due to solar activity: esa.int/Applications/O…

✅ ESA's Aeolus mission reentry operations are now under way, and you can get rolling updates on 'Aeolus reentry: live'👉blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/… #RocketScienceBlog #ByeByeAeolus

🗒️ Aeolus reentry, recap ✅ A huge manoeuvre on Monday, the biggest ever for Aeolus, completed ⏳ Now we prepare for a massive day of four key manoeuvres tomorrow 🌪️ How are you feeling, Tommaso Parrinello? "Tension but determination in the air... More challenges ahead!" #ByeByeAeolus

"This pioneering reentry was a monumental task faced with determination, skill and effort to make space safer and more sustainable. Every team involved, from the Aeolus mission team to mission control, space debris and industry, has achieved something truly special," Tommaso Parrinello

🎯 Right on track: Aeolus reentry map 🌠 #Aeolus reentered Earth over Antarctica last week 🧭 Pinpointing the exact location where Aeolus reentered our atmosphere is not easy. No one was there to witness it “… and that’s exactly what we wanted,” says Tommaso Parrinello #ByeByeAeolus

The last ever images of @ESA_Aeolus, just two hours before its demise👋🥲 Aeolus was in Earth orbit Earth for 4⃣ years, 1⃣1⃣ months and 6⃣ days. For 3⃣ hours at the end, a very brief period, it was #SpaceDebris👉esa.int/Space_Safety/S… 🔭©️Fraunhofer FHR engl. #ByeByeAeolus

🤩 CryoSat lives! 🤩 ⛽️ A fuel leak threatened to bring European Space Agency's ice mission to a premature end 🕹️ At ESA Operations yesterday, we swapped to its back-up propulsion system 🥵 The back-up thrusters had never been used before, in over 13 years in space... 🥳 ...and it was a

Intensa e partecipata serata al Physicalischer Verein con il relatore Tommaso Parrinello ESA Earth Observation su 'The changes of our Planet seen from the Space' Presentati importanti evidenze scientifiche sui profondi cambiamenti climatici e gli effetti sul pianeta terra. ESA_Italia

Rich in content the evening at the Physicalischer Verein with the speaker Tommaso Parrinello ESA Earth Observation on 'The changes of our Planet seen from the Space' Important scientific evidence on profound climate changes and the effects on planet Earth was presented. ESA_Italia

✨ What a year 2023 was!! ✨ 🌠 A trailblazing reentry 🎶 The Life of Aeolus in music 🌋 Improved monitoring of volcanic ash 📊 New data products... 📺 ...Aeolus may have come home, but 2024 promises lots more to come yet. Stay tuned! 📺 🔗esa.int/Applications/O…

Just in from our colleagues at European Space Agency's Earth Observation centre outside Rome: footage of the ERS-2 satellite passing over the area yesterday😍🛰️ In the video you can see the fly-by in real speed and slowed down to a quarter of that speed (the satellite was in and out of the frame

Purtroppo il cambiamento climatico sta accelerando rendendo più fragili quelle aree del mondo dove l’azione preventiva dell’uomo è stata quasi inesistente. #climatechange

Le recenti alluvioni che hanno colpito Valencia e Siviglia, città di rara bellezza, ci ricordano quanto sia fragile il nostro equilibrio con la natura. Centinaia di persone morte, vite stravolte e la domanda e' sempre quella: perche' continuiamo ad essere inerti? #ClimateAction

I dati sull’emigrazione giovanile sono allarmanti e continuano a crescere. Ogni giovane che lascia l'Italia è una doppia perdita: economica e intellettuale. È fondamentale che questo problema sia una priorità nelle agende politiche di ogni governo. #FuturoItalia #BrainDrain

Manifestazione di protesta a Valencia contro la gestione dell'emergenza trib.al/MKdgkOx

Ci siamo dentro il cambiamento climatico fino al collo. Forse prima del previsto #ClimateAction

Al Festival di Scienza e Filosofia di Foligno Tommaso Parrinello condividerà l'incredibile storia di ESA's Aeolus mission - la pionieristica missione ESA per lo studio dei venti che, al termine della sua vita operativa, è diventato il primo satellite ad eseguire un rientro assistito.

Aeolus reentered Earth on 28 July 2023 in a trailblazing effort to make its return as safe as possible. It landed right on track - a phenomenal feat of teamwork considering the satellite was never designed for a controlled reentry. Mission manager Tommaso Parrinello relives the