EarthCARE heads to launch facility

ESA’s EarthCARE satellite encapsulated with the Falcon 9 rocket fairing being taken to the SpaceX launch…

Solar Orbiter observes an active patch of the Sun

The Sun seen by Solar Orbiter on 3 March 2022, during the spacecraft’s first close approach…

Solar Orbiter observes an active region on the Sun

The Sun seen by Solar Orbiter on 3 March 2022, during the spacecraft’s first close approach…

Mission Control GO for EarthCARE launch

At ESA’s ESOC mission control, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by a pre-launch briefing…

Andreas back at EAC

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen welcomed home by colleagues at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany,…

A jewel in the queen’s hair

This Picture of the Week shows the jewel-bright spiral galaxy NGC 4689, which lies 54 million light-years from Earth in the…

Earth from Space: Changing Iceland in colour

Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is featured in this colourful radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1. Zoom in…

ESA – Last look at EarthCARE

ESA’s EarthCARE satellite being encapsulated with in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fairing, which protects the…

Earth from Space: Namibian landforms

This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus…

AI in Earth observation: a force for good

When it comes to AI, hopes and fears abound in equal measure. In this video, ESA…