Philae’s backup landing site

Site C was chosen as the backup site for Rosetta’s lander Philae during the Landing Site…

Replay: Rosetta landing site announcement

Since ESA's Rosetta spacecraft arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August, the race has been on…

CAVES 2014: Mission overview

All training has been completed and the CAVES 2014 crew are ready for their underground adventure.…

CAVES 2014: Mission log, day 1

The CAVES 2014 team have entered the Sa Grutta cave, marking the start of their seven…

Night timelapse with Soyuz and aurora

This timelapse video was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst as he orbited Earth on the…

Lightning, aurora and sunrise timelapse

This timelapse video from space has it all: an orbit of Earth with lightning and aurora,…

NEEMO 19: Mission day 5

ESA astonaut Andreas Mogensen reports from inside the Aquarius habitat from where he is helping to…

Lake Gairdner

Lake Gairdner in central South Australia is pictured in this image acquired by Japan’s ALOS satellite…

Supernova Gaia14aaa and its host galaxy

This image shows the supernova named Gaia14aaa as seen on 10 September 2014 with the robotic…

Rosetta landing site choices

On 15 September the Rosetta mission will announce the primary and back up landing sites for…