Trekking out for CryoSat

Venturing out on the sea ice north of Greenland as part of the 2014 campaign to…

Exit Galileo

Technology image of the week: This is how a satellite makes its exit from ESA's test…

Exit Galileo

Here’s how a satellite makes an exit: one of Europe’s latest Galileos snapped at the point…

50 years serving European cooperation and innovation

2014 is a special year: the space community is celebrating the anniversary of the construction of Europe…

Mars in Hawaii

Testing equipment, procedures and even human resilience for future missions to faraway planets requires inventiveness. Volunteer…

Mars on Earth

Testing equipment, procedures and even human resilience for future missions to faraway planets requires inventiveness. Volunteer…

Alexander Gerst: Bio and Training

In 2009, volcanologist Alexander Gerst from Germany became a member of the European Space Agency's Astronaut…

Alexander Gerst: Mission to the ISS

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from Germany is the second of ESA's new generation of astronauts scheduled to…

Rosetta puts on the brakes

Rosetta is about to put on the brakes to ensure that it is on target for…

Athens, Greece

Sentinel-1A radar acquisition from 22 April 2014 showing Greece’s Attica region, with mountainous areas and the…