Banded terrain

This image captures a landform on Mars peculiar to the Hellas Basin, sometimes referred to as…

Mineral diversity

This colourful image of terrain south of the Mawrth Vallis outflow channel on Mars shows the…

South polar layered terrains

This image shows the edge of a layered mound in Burroughs crater on Mars. It is…

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…