Heavy but fast

Living in space is no easy task, and one of the largest concerns for mission planners…

Large Space Simulator

An external view of Europe’s largest vacuum chamber, the Large Space Simulator, which subjects entire satellites…

Large Space Simulator

An external view of Europe’s largest vacuum chamber, the Large Space Simulator, which subjects entire satellites…

Preview of Gaia’s sky in colour

This map is a preview of Gaia’s measurements of the sky in colour. The image includes…

Preview of Gaia’s sky in colour

This map is a preview of Gaia’s measurements of the sky in colour. The image includes…

Circular formation

Clockwise from top: ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, Roscosmos cosmonaut…

Circular formation

Clockwise from top: ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, Roscosmos cosmonaut…

Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System

Animation visualising the propagation of a coronal mass ejection leaving the Sun on 14 October 2014…

Multispacecraft view

Observations of the 14 October 2014 coronal mass ejection seen by various Sun-watching spacecraft. The eruption…

SOHO’s view

The 14 October 2014 coronal mass ejection (CME) was associated with a medium-class X-ray flare (M1.1…