ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst presents some of the science he has been doing on the International…
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Aquanauts
The four ‘aquanauts’ of the 19th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) from left: Canadian astronaut…
Rainbow aurora
Auroras occur when particle radiation from the Sun hits Earth’s upper atmosphere, making it glow in…
La Mancha plateau, Spain
The area pictured lies on the southeast end of the La Mancha plateau, Spain. The arid…
Giant solar flare
Halloween 2003 will live forever in the annals of solar history. In the space of two…
Rosetta and Philae at comet
Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The image is…
Announcement of the selected Rosetta primary landing site and a backup
Fred Jansen, Rosetta mission manager, ESA; Stephan Ulamec, Philae lander manager, DLR; Markus Bauer, Science Programme…
Philae’s primary landing site
Philae’s primary landing site will target Site J, the centre of which is indicated by the…
Philae’s primary landing site in context
Context image showing the location of the primary landing site for Rosetta’s lander Philae. Site J…