ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…
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Luca’s Spacesuit
Luca Parmitano explains his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit and how he does an Extra-vehicular activity…
Critical Situation
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy were hard at work outside the International…
High-speed ice impact
Slow motion views of a high-speed planetary penetrator impact into 10 tonnes of ice at 341 m/s. The…
Magnetic loop on magnetar SGR 0418
Artist impression of a magnetar with a ‘magnetic loop'. This is the interpretation of data collected…
Stars fleeing a cosmic crash
Astronomical pictures sometimes deceive us with tricks of perspective. Right in the centre of this image,…
A slice through the southern highlands of Mars
A radar view of the southern highlands of Mars, captured by the Mars Advanced Radar for…
CAVES educational experiment setup
English CAVES educational experiment setup CAVES staff run through the procedures necessary in order to participate…
Protective ozone layer
Monitoring changes in the atmosphere is of international importance. While the GOME-2 and Sciamachy instruments have…
CAVES educational experiment setup
English CAVES educational experiment setup CAVES staff run through the procedures necessary in order to participate…