Comet on 20 July 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS wide-angle camera image taken on 20 July 2016, when Rosetta was 9.1 km from the…

Hadley Rille on the Moon, seen by SMART-1

This strangely meandering channel, carved on the Moon, is one of the most famous features on…

ESA Euronews: Canada’s robot masters

Robots are an essential companion to mankind in space, and many of the modern-day masters of…

Earth from Space: Tonga

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Discover the…

Tonga

The island of Tongatapu and the nearby smaller islands – all part of the Kingdom of…

ESA-RAL Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory

Located on the UK Space Gateway, Harwell Campus, the ESA-RAL Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory provides expertise and…

Shakedown test

Technology image of the week: shaker testing of a radiator panel to ensure hard-working telecommunication satellites…

Mars navigation

In order to precisely deliver the Schiaparelli landing demonstrator module to the martian surface and then…

Shaker test of radiator panel

A radiator panel designed to ensure telecommunication satellites keep their cool in space seen during testing…

SpaceX Dragon CRS-9 chasing the ISS

An excellent early morning twilight image showing the International Space Station (thick streak) with the SpaceX…