Swarm: an orbit with a difference

ESA’s Swarm mission is set to unravel the mysteries of Earth’s magnetic field. As well as…

Swarm launch: simultaneous separation

ESA’s Swarm mission is dedicated to identifying and measuring precisely the different magnetic signals that make…

Venus Express Investigation – Stories from the Materials and Electrical Components Lab

The lab is an impartial authority - decades of accumulated experience to back up project teams,…

Mean sea level trends – Image

Credits: ESA CCI project

CAVES 2012 debriefing

ESA CAVES course designer Loredana Bessone and the astronauts that took part in CAVES 2012 recount…

MetOp-B launch – Image

Credits: EUMETSAT

Metop-B launch

Metop-B was launched today, 17 September, from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket lifted off at…

Gaia payload module integration – Image

Credits: Astrium SAS

International Space Conference at ILA – Image

Credits: ESA-M.Pedoussaut

Exchange of accession agreements in Warsaw – Image

Credits: Ministry of Economy, Poland