The Huygens experience

A new rendering of Huygens descent and touchdown created using real data recorded by the probe’s…

A rare cloud-free view of Ireland, Great Britain and northern France

The lush landscapes of Ireland, Great Britain and northern France are pictured in this rare cloud-free…

Earth from Space: Green islands

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

Herschel’s three-colour view of asteroid Apophis

ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to…

ATV4 loading process begins

The loading process for ATV4 Albert Einstein begins at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.…

ATV4 loading process begins

The loading process for ATV4 Albert Einstein begins at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.…

André and the Spheres robots

ESA astronaut André Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works with the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient,…

Preview 2013

2013 will be another great year for Europe in space with launches and missions in several…

W40’s cradle of stars

Six hundred newly forming stars are crowded into these colourful filaments of dust that form a…

Layout of the LEON2-FT chip, alias AT697

Boasting a fivefold performance improvement on the ERC32, ESA’s LEON2-FT is once more manufactured by Atmel,…