Magnetic field: learning more with Swarm

To learn more about Earth’s magnetic field, the three Swarm satellites were launched on 22 November.…

Spacelab-1 Sled experiment, 1981

A test subject sitting on Sled, an ESA experiment launched on Spacelab-1 on 28 November 1983.…

Paxi in the Drop Tower

Paxi free falling in the ZARM Drop Tower and experimenting weightlessness during 4.7 seconds.

Herschel’s 37 000 science observations

This animation shows the timeline of over 37 000 scientific observations made by ESA’s Herschel space observatory…

Magnetic field: why it matters

Earth’s magnetic field is continuously changing. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the…

Magnetic field: why it matters

Earth’s magnetic field is continuously changing. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the…

Herschel’s 37 000 science observations

This animation shows the timeline of over 37 000 scientific observations made by ESA’s Herschel space observatory…

Swarm liftoff

Swarm liftoff on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia at 12:02 GMT…

Swarm liftoff

Swarm liftoff on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia at 12:02 GMT…

Swarm liftoff

Swarm liftoff on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia at 12:02 GMT…