Orion’s wings

On 29 February a test model of Orion’s solar array was unfolded at NASA’s Plum Brook…

Earth from Space: Special edition

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition,…

Aeolis Mensae

A powerful combination of tectonic activity and strong winds have joined forces to shape the scenery…

Comet on 10 February 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 10 February 2016, when Rosetta was 49.2 km from Comet…

Investigating airway inflammation

ESA astronaut Tim Peake and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra participated in the Airway Monitoring experiment in…

Thick green fog of aurora

Aurora seen from the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Tim Peake. Tim commented on the…

Eastern Desert

The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over central-eastern Egypt with this image from 17 January. Like most…

Earth from Space: Eastern Desert

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…

‘Polar-sitting’ orbit

Tomorrow’s orbit today? This image shows how a large solar sail-equipped satellite could partly offset Earth’s…

Building Radar receives the prize

ESA’s Thomas Beer and Joseph Aschbacher hand the first prize to Building Radar, the team who…