French ESA astronauts

French ESA astronauts at the ESA Pavilion, Paris Air and Space Show, on 18 June 2015.…

Andreas Mogensen bio & training

The fourth of ESA’s ‘Class of 2009’ astronauts to fly, Andreas Mogensen from Denmark will soon…

Ariane 5 flight VA225 liftoff replay

On 20 August 2015, Ariane 5 flight VA225 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana…

Rosetta thermal louvres

These might resemble venetian window blinds, but they are actually a key technology enabling ESA’s Rosetta…

Rosetta thermal louvres

These might resemble venetian window blinds, but they are actually a key technology enabling ESA’s Rosetta…

Soyuz exams

From left: Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, Soyuz spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen…

Andreas Mogensen

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Centre shortly before leaving to Baikonur, Kazakhstan,…

Cosmic fire

It is cold, dark, dry and isolated with very little oxygen to breathe in the air,…

Rosetta’s moment in the Sun

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has now passed perihelion (its closest distance to the Sun) and is now spending…

Countdown in Baikonur – Impressions from a cosmic place

Space tourists from all over the world gather at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the middle of…