Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image of southern central Romania on 2 January 2013. The area pictured…
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ESA patch during stratospheric balloon flight
UK company Vorticity Ltd are flying weather balloon to test parachute designs for future Mars landings. With the…
Cool layer in a Sun-like star
One of the great curiosities in solar science is that our Sun’s outer atmosphere – the…
Volare mission name logo
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is set to fly to the International Space Station in May 2013…
Volare robotics challenge
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is the ambassador for the Volare robotics challenge, ESA’s first robotic competition…
Luca at Col-CC
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano paid the Columbus Control Centre a visit before his launch to the…
SMOS results
Over the past three years, ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has mapped Earth’s…
Steins revisited
Asteroid Steins was first imaged by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft using the OSIRIS camera on 5 September…
A glowing jet from a young star
This image shows an object known as HH 151, a bright jet of glowing material trailed…
European launchers: powering Europe into space
Europe can now launch any satellite on any orbit thanks to its complete portfolio: Ariane, Soyuz…