Bay Area

An urban sprawl engulfs San Francisco Bay in a sea of lights. The three bridges Oakland…

ISON inbound

Comet ISON on the approach to the Sun. It entered the SOHO LASCO C3 field of…

Rosetta EQM

The Rosetta engineering model (EQM) is located in a clean room at ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt. It is…

STS-9/Spacelab-1 inflight crew portrait

STS-9/Spacelab-1 inflight crew portrait: clockwise, Shaw, Lichtenberg, Parker, Young, Merbold and Garriott

John Young and Ulf Merbold on meal break

STS-9 Commander John Young (left) and Spacelab-1 Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold enjoy a meal break in…

Comet ISON approaches the Sun

Comet ISON at 12:42 UT on 27 November as seen in SOHO's LASCO C3 field of…

Spacelab-1 in orbit

The ESA Spacelab-1 laboratory module in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-9, November 1983

Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

From launch to landing: Luca’s Volare mission

Luca Parmitano was the first of ESA’s class of 2009 astronauts to visit the International Space…