Altimeter reading over Cuba

CryoSat altimeter view of sea level and topography over the Caribbean Sea and Cuba. The image…

Kangerdlugssuaq glacier, Greenland

The Kangerdlugssuaq glacier and its ice stream are pictured in this week’s image, acquired on 19…

ESA Euronews: Flying Zero-G

If you fly a plane in the right way at the right speed, you can be…

Earth from Space: Water and ice

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

VA211 liftoff

On 19 December, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on…

Final series of tests for Proba-V

Final series of tests for Proba-V, on 13 December 2012, at QinetiQ Space Belgium. Planned to…

Three of the first six Galileo FOC satellites at OHB

Three of the first six Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites being assembled and prepared for the…

ATV: a very special delivery

Early in 2008, an Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. The…

ESA 2012 Highlights

2012 was a very busy and fruitful year for ESA. This video looks back at this…

Malargüe station construction

One of the world’s most sophisticated satellite tracking stations is nearing readiness in Malargüe, Argentina, 1200…