ESA role in Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite

Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite has reached its final working orbit above the Pacific Ocean. Eutelsat-172B,…

Sustenance from the sands

Some 30 years ago, the barren landscape of Saudi Arabia’s Wadi As Sirhan basin looked like…

Clouds over lava flows on Mars

Diffuse, water-ice clouds, a hazy sky and a light breeze. Such might have read a weather…

Clouds over lava flows on Mars

Diffuse, water-ice clouds, a hazy sky and a light breeze. Such might have read a weather…

Sustenance from the sands

Some 30 years ago, the barren landscape of Saudi Arabia’s Wadi As Sirhan basin looked like…

A time-lapse view of Earth from the Space Station from Africa to eastern Europe

A series of night photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli every second to create…

A time-lapse view of Earth from the Space Station from Africa to eastern Europe

A series of night photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli every second to create…

Sentinel-5P liftoff

The atmosphere-monitoring satellite for Europe’s Copernicus programme, Sentinel-5P, lifted off on a Rockot from the Plesetsk…

Sentinel-5P liftoff

The atmosphere-monitoring satellite for Europe’s Copernicus programme, Sentinel-5P, lifted off on a Rockot from the Plesetsk…

Sentinel-5P liftoff

The atmosphere-monitoring satellite for Europe’s Copernicus programme, Sentinel-5P, lifted off on a Rockot from the Plesetsk…