Irish mosaic

The Sentinel-1A satellite takes us over to Ireland, in this multi-temporal colour composite of land coverage…

Earth from Space: Irish mosaic

Earth from Space is presented by Malì Cecere from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…

Fly your satellite

Next 22 April, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, a Soyuz rocket will launch Sentinel-1B for…

STEM careers in the classroom – Inflight call with Tim Peake

On Thursday 14 April, ESA astronaut Tim Peake connected live from space with teachers in Norway,…

Sentinel-2 captures Nansen fracture

Before the onset of winter and shorter daylight hours, Sentinel-2A captured a spectacular series of images…

Clean Space board game

It might not look like a training exercise: space engineers sitting around a meeting table, throwing…

ExoMars first light

The first image taken by the Trace Gas Orbiter of the ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission. The…

Road to the stars

On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth in his Vostok…

Ready to meet Soyuz

Following a month of testing and preparing for liftoff, the Sentinel-1B satellite is now fuelled and…

Sentinel-1B services: tracking sea ice

On April 22, the European Space Agency ESA will launch the Sentinel-1B satellite on top of…