Checking that Aeolus fits onto the rocket cone

As part of the campaign to prepare ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite for liftoff on 21 August…

Checking that Aeolus fits onto the rocket cone

As part of the campaign to prepare ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite for liftoff on 21 August…

Positioning Aeolus over the rocket cone

As part of the campaign to prepare ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite for liftoff on 21 August…

Testing MTG’s FCI instrument

A test model of the main imager for Europe’s forthcoming Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite being…

Testing MTG’s FCI instrument

A test model of the main imager for Europe’s forthcoming Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite being…

Lunar agenda

This image of the Moon was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space…

Lunar agenda

This image of the Moon was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space…

Paxi on the ISS: Exercising in Space

Our alien friend Paxi, ESA Education's mascot, went to visit American astronaut Mark Vande Hei on…

Paxi on the ISS: Exercising in Space

Our alien friend Paxi, ESA Education's mascot, went to visit American astronaut Mark Vande Hei on…

Saturn’s inside-out rings

In this curious view, Saturn looms in the foreground on the left, adorned by shadows cast…