Gaia sunshade deployment

Animation showing the deployment of Gaia’s sunshade. During launch, the 10 m-wide sunshield is stowed against…

Weightless weak equivalence principle

During ten seconds of weightlessness Brynle Barrett from the Laboratory of Photonics, Numerical Sciences and Nanosciences…

M101

The face-on spiral galaxy M101, or the Pinwheel Galaxy, is seen at ultraviolet and optical wavelengths…

A very bright contortionist

The contorted object captured by Hubble in this picture is IRAS 22491-1808, also known as the…

Sterex images of ATV-4 launch

ESA's ATV-4 launch images taken by the Sterex experiment. These images provide a stunning vision of the…

Sterex images of ATV-4 launch: ATV-4 Release sequence

ATV-4 release sequence taken from ESA's ATV-4 launch recorded with the Sterex experiment. These images provide…

Earth from Space: Thirsty land

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the…

Kasei Valles mosaic

This mosaic, which features the spectacular Kasei Valles, comprises 67 images taken with the High Resolution…

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana…

Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4

On Wednesday 5 June 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana…