Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (not to scale).…
Author: ESA Top Multimedia
Gold-coated mirror
A microscopic-3D image of a small area of an 'off the shelf' gold coated mirror, produced…
Río de la Plata
Río de la Plata estuary between Argentina and Uruguay, acquired by Proba-V in November 2013.
Gravity scar over Japan
Changes in Earth’s gravity field resulting from the earthquake that hit Japan on 11 March 2011…
A bizarre cosmic rarity: NGC 660
This new Hubble image shows a peculiar galaxy known as NGC 660, located around 45 million…
Sliding Galileo out of the Phenix test chamber
The Galileo Full Operational Constellation (FOC) satellite being removed from the Phenix test chamber on 29…
Galileo slid out of Phenix test chamber
ESTEC Test Centre engineers examine the Galileo Full Operational Capability satellite after it has been slid…
Galileo emerging from TVAC
The first Galileo Full Operational Capability satellite seen emerging on 29 November 2013 from the Phenix…
When ice meets fire
Comet ISON’s brush with the Sun as seen by the ESA/NASA SOHO satellite 27–30 November 2013.…