Rosetta’s first sighting of its target in 2014 – narrow angle view

Comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko in the constellation Ophiuchus. This image was taken on 21 March by the OSIRIS…

Pine Island retreat

Pine Island is the largest glacier in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and one of the…

ESA at the Big Bang Fair

ESA at the Big Bang Fair 2014 The Big Bang is the largest celebration of science,…

Togged up in ‘scape suits’

Fuelling a satellite is particularly dangerous, so the team has to wear ‘scape suits’ for protection.…

Sentinel-1 fully loaded

The Sentinel-1A satellite is now fuelled. This rather hazardous operation cannot be rushed and took a…

Ice sheet contribution to sea-level rise

This animation merges 20 years of satellite data to demonstrate how much – and how fast…

Star-forming region ON2

Massive stars are born in tumultuous clouds of gas and dust. They lead a brief but…

Galileo solar wing test deployment

Test deployment of a Galileo solar wing in Dutch Space's cleanroom. The completed wings are suspended on…

Sentinel-1 takes the lead

Sentinel-1A is the first in the family of Copernicus satellites. Delivering timely information for numerous services,…

Sentinel-1 constellation

The Sentinel-1 mission is designed as a constellation of two identical satellites, Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B ,…