CAVES 2016 tight crawl

Astronauts squeeze through a tight spot during ESA's underground astronaut training course CAVES, June 2016. CAVES…

Pedro Duque CAVES

ESA astronaut Pedro Duque during ESA's underground astronaut training course CAVES, June 2016. CAVES stands for…

CAVES 2016 cavescape

Astronauts and trainers admire the cave formation during ESA's underground astronaut training course CAVES, June 2016.…

Underground and wet

Astronauts from five space agencies around the world are taking part in ESA’s CAVES training course–…

Cavenauts 2016 underground

Astronauts on ESA's 2016 underground training course CAVES pose for a picture in the Sos Jocos…

Testing Schiaparelli’s parachute

This is a test version of the parachute that will slow the Schiaparelli entry, descent and…

Why CAVES – Astrobiology

NASA's director of Astrobiology Institue, Penelope Boston, explains why caves are interesting to astrobiologists. Caves are…

ESA Euronews: Sport and Internet via satellite

Dozens of Euro 2016 matches are being beamed via satellite to television sets and phones all…

Comet on 17 June 2016 – NavCam

Single frame enhanced NavCam image taken on 17 June 2016, when Rosetta was about 30.8 km…

Making – and testing – for Mercury

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury must withstand extremely harsh conditions while in orbit around the…