A sandstorm over the Sahara desert in Africa seen by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from the…
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Alexander with EML
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst sawing a stuck bolt used to secure the Electromagnetic Levitator hardware for…
CAVES 2014: Mission log, day 4
NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (also known as 'Maker') is acting as photo engineer for CAVES 2014…
Futura mission
On 24th of November Samantha Cristoforetti will fly to the International Space station aboard a…
Hooke crater topography
Colour-coded topography map of a region of the Argyre basin, featuring Hooke crater and part of…
Science in space
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst presents some of the science he has been doing on the International…
CAVES 2014: Mission log, day 2
The CAVES 2014 team have spent their second day in the Sa Grutta cave. Mission scientist…
Aquanauts
The four ‘aquanauts’ of the 19th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) from left: Canadian astronaut…
Rainbow aurora
Auroras occur when particle radiation from the Sun hits Earth’s upper atmosphere, making it glow in…
La Mancha plateau, Spain
The area pictured lies on the southeast end of the La Mancha plateau, Spain. The arid…