Luca’s Russian spacesuits

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano explains what Russian spacesuits he is trained to use for his Volare…

VV02 fairing integration

Proba-V fixed to the Vespa (Vega secondary payload adapter), above Vietnam’s VNREDSat-1 Earth observation satellite and…

The Space Debris Story 2013

The story of space debris highlighting how the unintended consequences of intense spaceflight activity during the…

Cleaning space

Artist’s concept showing how a defunct satellite could be grappled for a controlled reentry into Earth’s…

Fully assembled Vega VV02 on pad

ESA’s Vega VV02 rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad, 22 April, 2013. Final…

Fully assembled Vega VV02 on pad

ESA’s Vega VV02 rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad, 22 April, 2013. Final…

Earth from Space: Special edition

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition,…

Luca Parmitano : bio & training

As a young test pilot, Luca Parmitano from Italy was lucky enough to join ESA's Astronaut…

Facing Enceladus

This face-on colour view of Enceladus was taken by the international Cassini spacecraft on 31 January…

A changing fan

The Universe is rarely static, although the timescales involved can be very long. Since modern astronomical…