Crater floor

The subtle tints seen in this colour-composite image of the floor of Kibuye crater on Mars,…

ExoMars locomotion tests

Before Rosalind Franklin the ExoMars rover can search for signs of life on Mars, it must…

ExoMars locomotion tests

Before Rosalind Franklin the ExoMars rover can search for signs of life on Mars, it must…

Heat sterilisation of ExoMars parachute

A technician places a nearly 70 kg parachute designed for ESA and Roscosmos’s ExoMars 2020 mission inside…

Heat sterilisation of ExoMars parachute

A technician places a nearly 70 kg parachute designed for ESA and Roscosmos’s ExoMars 2020 mission inside…

CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanets

The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, has successfully completed its final testing phase at Airbus Defence and Space Spain,…

CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanets

The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, has successfully completed its final testing phase at Airbus Defence and Space Spain,…

Cheops in the clean room

The copper-coloured baffle cover of our Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, in the clean room at Airbus…

Cheops in the clean room

The copper-coloured baffle cover of our Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, in the clean room at Airbus…

Colliding galaxies

Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies.…