Essential Climate Variables: Ice sheets

Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert René Forsberg of the Technical University of Denmark explains the…

Soyuz TMA-19M crew with launcher

From left: ESA astronaut Tim Peake, commander-cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. The trio will…

Tim Peake Soyuz

ESA astronaut Tim Peake in his Sokol suit he will wear on launch day, 15 December.…

Soyuz TMA-19M crew

From left: ESA astronaut Tim Peake, commander-cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra in front of…

EDRS-A ready for shipping

The European Data Relay System’s first node, EDRS-A, is packed into its flightcase atop its host…

Essential Climate Variables: Aerosols

Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert Thomas Holzer-Popp at DLR, Germany, explains the importance of aerosols…

My planet from space

A trailer featuring various Earth observation images put together for the ‘My planet from Space’ exhibit…

Launch positions

ESA astronaut Tim Peake testing his Sokol pressure suit and Soyuz spacecraft seat in Baikonur, Kazakhstan,…

Qarman CubeSat in Hertz test chamber

This full-size prototype of part of the first CubeSat designed for atmospheric reentry is dwarfed by…

Essential Climate Variables: Soil moisture

Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert Wolfgang Wagner of the Technical University of Vienna, explains the…