Sentinel-1A and -1B combined

This ‘interferogram’ combines a Sentinel-1A radar scan from 9 June 2016 over southern Romania with a…

Sensing Orion

A test version of the European Service Module at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio,…

Comet on 8 June 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 8 June 2016, when Rosetta was 29.7 km from the…

Tim’s first news conference back on Earth

The first news conference with ESA astronaut Tim Peake on return to Earth after spending 186…

Ariane 6

Ariane 6 is becoming a reality. Designed to be the workhorse for the coming decades to…

The spider in the loop

This multicoloured swirl of yellow and blue shows a prominent ring of gas near the North…

Soyuz TMA-19M landing

ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe…

Tim Peake in a recovery helicopter shortly after landing

ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe…

Tim Peake after landing

ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe…

Tim Peake after landing

ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe…