Attaching the nozzle

Shipped empty from Avio’s Colleferro premises in Italy, the P80 was loaded with 88 tonnes of…

Loaded motor for P80 first stage

The loaded P80 first-stage motor arrives at Europropulsion’s facility at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Scandinavian snows

In this image from the Envisat satellite, clouds cover the North Sea and sweep down to…

Earth from Space: Scandinavian snows

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

Weighing the planet-forming disc around a nearby star

The 10 million-year-old star TW Hydrae is surrounded by a dense disc of planet-forming materials. Using…

Testing adhesives for solar cells

Samples for a test campaign evaluating a new European cover glass adhesive for solar cells. The…

Comet-like ionosphere at Venus

The change in ionosphere of Venus during normal solar wind conditions (left) and reduced solar wind…

Cool Andromeda

ESA Herschel space observatory image of Andromeda (M31) using both PACS and SPIRE instruments to observe…

Hubble watches the lights go out

Galaxy 2MASX J09442693+0429569 imaged by Hubble. This elliptical galaxy has entered a transitional phase from a…

ATV-4 in Kourou

ATV Albert Einstein is further prepared for launch at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The…