From the pampas to the stars

ESA’s new tracking station in Malargüe, Argentina, will be formally inaugurated on 18 December 2012 and…

Titan’s Nile River

A miniature version of the Nile River, seen on Saturn’s moon Titan by the international Cassini…

Proba-1 images Concordia base

The Proba-1 microsatellite's High Resolution Camera images the French-Italian Concordia base in the Antarctic interior. The…

Shadows on ice: Proba-1 images Concordia south polar base

ESA’s Earth-observing microsatellite Proba-1 has glimpsed one of the loneliest places on Earth – Concordia research…

VA212 preparations underway

Ahead of its launch, Ariane 5 Flight VA212 is prepared at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana.

CryoSat – ESA’s Ice Mission

CryoSat - ESA's Ice Mission

GOCE, mapping gravity as never before

GOCE, mapping gravity as never before

SMOS – ESA’s water mission

SMOS - ESA's water mission

ESA astronauts training for ISS

ESA's Human Space Flight programme is gaining more and more experience with several long duration missions…

Forest monitoring

With the future of forests a global concern, sustainable management practices are increasingly urgent. GMES supplies…