ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC

The first half of the ESA Astronaut Reserve has officially started its first training programme today…

Ariel takes shape and first shake

The construction phase of ESA’s Ariel mission has started at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse…

MetOp-SG-A1 in a horizontal position at Airbus

MetOp-SG-A1 has been at Airbus’ facilities in France for around two years where engineers have been…

Timelapse of the boxing of Proba-3

Timelapse of the boxing of Proba-3 at Redwire, Belgium on 15 October 2024, preparing for shipment to…

Happy Heraween!

Robots in disguise: our Hera asteroid detective plus her CubeSat buddies  – Milani the rock decoder…

ESA – Valencia flood disaster

Spain is suffering its worst flood in decades after torrential rains struck the eastern province of…

Spooky Earths seen by Hera’s HyperScout

This spooky-tinged multiplicity of planet Earths comes especially for Halloween, as observed through the various spectral…

Hubble & Webb: Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207

These are two views of the same scene, each showing two overlapping spiral galaxies, IC 2163…

Earth from Space: Ross Island, Antarctica

The icy landscape of Ross Island in Antarctica is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from…

Saturated soil in Spain from SMOS

According to Spain’s national weather agency, Aemet, on 29 October 2024, Valencia received a year’s worth of…