Tithonium Chasma up close

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

Space tech comes down to Earth

It is doubtful whether engineers working on the accelerometers used in Ariane launchers envisaged that one…

Earths gravity scar

A new ESA study predicts that the devastating Sumatran earthquake, which resulted in the tragic tsunami…

Neutron Stars

Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft, European astronomers have observed for the first time rotating…

Hubble celebrates 15th

In the 15 years that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has orbited Earth, it has taken…

Soyuz TMA-5 landing

The Eneide mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a successful end with…

Vancouver and Seattle from space

Vancouver and Seattle, the two major port cities of the American Pacific Northwest, nestle in sheltered…

The mesas of Aureum Chaos

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

Space technology on winners podium

Once again Henri Pescarolo chose advanced space technology to make his Le Mans racer lighter and…

ERS-2’s mission continues

Ten years and 52 289 orbits on from its launch, the Earth Observation mission of ESA’s…