RIME Achieves Major Milestone with First Focused Radargram
A major milestone has been reached by RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration), the radar sounder aboard ESA’s JUICE (JUpiter ICy Moon…
2025 RIME Science Team Meeting
On May 5–6, 2025, the RIME (Radar for Icy Moons Exploration) Science Team gathered to review progress and plan next steps for the radar instrument aboard ESA’s JUICE mission.…
First Echoes of the Moon for RIME
During the first in history gravity assist flyby of the Earth-Moon system, which took place successfully between August 19 and 20, the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) was activated and performed a wide range of tests.…
New Maps of Land Cover for Climate Change
Time serie of high resolution land-cover maps are crucial for assessing changes in the land-cover patterns that either can affect or be induced by climate change. RSLab has the leadership of the
EnVision and RSLab on the Media
The EnVision mission to Venus and the activities of RSLab in planetary exploration and Earth observation have been recently the focus of some national and regional media insights.…
EnVision mission gets green light for the phase of development
Today the European Space Agency has officially approved the adoption of EnVision that thus will proceed to the next stage of development. Being adopted means that the study phase is complete and ESA commits to implementing the mission. This important milestone paves…
Tracing burned areas in time: Palermo, Corfu and Rhodes fires
Frequent fire outbreaks in the Mediterranean region are a cause for concern, especially in the context of human threats and climate change.…
RIME antenna fully deployed
After three weeks of intensive activities the full 16 meters RIME antenna has been succesfully deployed. Now that RIME has its “arms” ready to work in the next weeks the tests will continue for completing the…
First tests on RIME started
The activities for the first tests on RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) have started on Sunday April 16 in ESA ESOC (Darmstadt, Germany). The tests will continue up to the end of the Near Earth Commissioning Phase of JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer).…