ESA’s Flight Dynamics team uses cutting-edge computational techniques to plan, determine and control complex spacecraft trajectories.…
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ESA’s Rosetta lander Philae landing on the nucleus of a comet
The challenge of landing on a comet is not to bounce away again. Philae lands on…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft in orbit around a comet
Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is the first spacecraft to observe…
Hot interior of the Eskimo Nebula
Hot X-ray-emitting gas detected by ESA’s XMM-Newton reveals the Eskimo’s blue face shining at 2 million…
Hubble’s “Flying V”
This large “flying V” is actually two distinct objects — a pair of interacting galaxies known…
African equatorial forest
The animation shows the change in vegetation in African equatorial forest from 12 months of data…
Lake Powell, United States
This Landsat image from 19 July 2011 shows Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River…
Inside the chamber
Alphasat inside the Intespace Simmer vacuum chamber. The team completes final preparations before the start of…
Earth from Space: Canyon country
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the…