Selfie Alexander Gerst

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst completed his EVA on 7. October 2014 successfully.

Comet on 2 October – NavCam

Four-image montage comprising images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on 2 October from a distance of…

Tracing Lutetia’s grooves

A portion of asteroid Lutetia, looking into the 55 km-wide Massilia crater (red circular outline) with…

A perfect walk

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst spent six hours and 13 minutes outside the International Space Station with…

Touring the “My Planet from Space” exhibition

Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes (left), explains the satellite images on display at…

ESTEC Open Day 2014

Sunday 5 October saw thousands of visitors converge on ESA's technical heart for its annual Open…

Comet on 30 September – NavCam

Four-image montage comprising images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on 30 September from a distance of…

Laboratory corridor

Visitors fill the Laboratory corridor during the ESTEC Open day on Sunday 5 October 2014. ESA’s Earth…

Opening ceremony

The ESTEC Open Day on Sunday 5 October being formally opened by the Mayor of Noordwijk,…

Gateway to space open for thousands of ESA visitors

The public converged on Europe’s largest space site for Sunday’s Open Day at ESA’s technical heart.…