Taking a moment to say hello to Chris

These images were taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during his spacewalk, together with NASA's Chris Cassidy,…

while retrieving the MISSE8 experiment, I’m on the “highest” point of the ISS

These images were taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during his spacewalk, together with NASA's Chris Cassidy,…

This sure beats any “selfie” I’ve done up to now

These images were taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during his spacewalk, together with NASA's Chris Cassidy,…

Galileo FOC solar wing deployment

Deployment of the solar wings on the first Galileo satellite 'Full Operational Capability' satellite is shown…

Luca Parmitano’s first spacewalk

Astronauts Luca Parmitano and Chris Cassidy switched their spacesuits to battery power and began their spacewalk…

Proba-V first global map

First uncalibrated global mosaic of vegetation from Proba-V, June 2013.

Sentinel-1 encapsulation vacuum chamber

Sentinel-1A being enclosed in the vacuum chamber at Thales Alenia Space near Rome, Italy. Here, the…

Alphasat fuelled with chemical propellant

Alphasat completed the fuelling operations on July 5, 2013. A specialist Thales Alenia Space team loaded…

Ariane 6

Artist's view of Ariane 6.

Checking the spacesuits

Chris Cassidy (left) and Luca Parmitano checking their spacesuits on 3 July 2013. During their sortie…