Luca on camera

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a digital still camera during a session…

Proba-2 X-Cam image of Typhoon Soulik

The swirling eye of Typhoon Soulik as it approached Taiwan last Friday is caught by a…

Memories of an Astronaut

Frank de Winne, the head of the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, is one of ESA's…

Alphasat installed on Sylda

Europe's largest telecom satellite Alphasat is installed on Ariane’s Sylda dual launch pod in the Batiment d’assemblage…

SABRE engine in place on Skylon spaceplane

The Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, or SABRE, seen in place on a Skylon spaceplane. Designed by UK…

Be prepared

Parmitano’s 2nd Spacewalk

Alphasat stack moved to pallet

The satellite Alphasat and its launcher adaptor - collectively called the 'stack' when mated - are…

Raystown Lake

This Envisat radar image is centred on the man-made Raystown Lake in the US state of…

Earth from Space: Raystown Ray

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the…