ATV-5 approaches for docking

ATV-5 approaches for docking

Framing Mercury

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from the Sun frames Mercury, as observed  by the SOlar Heliospheric…

Comet on 12 August 2014 – NavCam

Rosetta navigation camera image taken on 12 August 2014 at about 103 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…

Shepherd and Flock

The F ring shepherd Pandora is captured here along with other well-known examples of how Saturn’s…

Shaking ESA’s IXV spaceplane

ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, is put to the test at ESA’s Technical Centre, ESTEC, in…

Comet on 11 August 2014 – NavCam

Rosetta navigation camera image taken on 11 August 2014 at about 102 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…

Docking of ATV Georges Lemaître to ISS

Highlights from the docking of ATV Georges Lemaître to the International Space Station. The fifth and…

Comet on 10 August 2014 – NavCam

Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 10 August 2014 from a distance of about 110 km from…

Saturn’s moon Rhea, Epimetheus transiting

Saturn has a great many more moons than our planet – a whopping 62. A single…

ATV-5 passes under ISS

ATV-5 seen passing under the ISS on 8 August during the LIRIS docking technology test. This…