ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission takes a closer look at the Sun than any European satellite before.…
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Cheops launch preparations
This timelapse video shows the preparations for the launch of ESA’s Cheops, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite,…
Ariane 6 launch complex – January 2020
Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is almost ready for Ariane 6. Take a tour of the…
Solar Orbiter launch and deployment sequence
Solar Orbiter is scheduled to launch on an Atlas V 411 rocket from Cape Canaveral in…
Solar Orbiter: journey around the Sun
Solar Orbiter is scheduled to launch on an Atlas V 411 rocket from Cape Canaveral in…
Supermassive influence
This peculiar galaxy, beautifully streaked with tendrils of reddish dust, is captured here in wonderful detail…
Solar Orbiter Venus flyby
Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter making a flyby at Venus. Solar Orbiter will make numerous gravity…
Solar Orbiter antenna deployment
Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter following launch, with solar arrays and antennas deployed. Solar Orbiter is…
Solar Orbiter separation
Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter following separation from the Centaur upper stage of the Atlas V…
Solar Orbiter launch – fairing separation
Artist’s impression of the fairing encapsulating Solar Orbiter being released following launch on an Atlas V…