ESA astronaut Tim Peake testing his Sokol pressure suit and Soyuz spacecraft seat in Baikonur, Kazakhstan,…
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Qarman CubeSat in Hertz test chamber
This full-size prototype of part of the first CubeSat designed for atmospheric reentry is dwarfed by…
Essential Climate Variables: Soil moisture
Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert Wolfgang Wagner of the Technical University of Vienna, explains the…
Galileo 11 & 12 mission
On 17 December, Galileo satellites 11 and 12 will be launched on top of the legendary…
An artificial eclipse
The Sun experiences both calm and tempestuous periods of activity. At its most active, our star…
ESA Euronews: The future of planet Earth
This special edition of Space comes from the COP21 climate summit in Paris. We're here to…
Essential Climate Variables: Sea level
Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert Anny Cazenave of LEGOS, France, explains the importance of sea…
Explaining gravitational waves
Paul McNamara, ESA LISA Pathfinder Project Scientist, explains gravitational waves. ESA’s LISA Pathfinder lifted off 3…
Testing camera-based navigation software for asteroid mission
A test campaign took place this autumn at the Madrid headquarters of Spain’s GMV Innovating Solutions…
Comet on 27 November 2015 – NavCam
Single frame enhanced NAVCAM taken on 27 November 2015, when Rosetta was 124 km from the…