Aeolus and Vega fairing

ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite with its Vega rocket fairing in the cleanroom at Europe’s spaceport near…

Aeolus and Vega fairing

ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite with its Vega rocket fairing in the cleanroom at Europe’s spaceport near…

Fuelling specialists tend Aeolus

With liftoff less than three weeks away, ESA’s Aeolus satellite has been fuelled and is almost…

Fuelling specialists tend Aeolus

With liftoff less than three weeks away, ESA’s Aeolus satellite has been fuelled and is almost…

Horizons mission timelapse – an orbital sunrise

Orbiting Earth once every 90 minutes, the International Space Station soars into 16 sunrises and sunsets…

Grains from space

Some of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth originated very, very far away, and are…

Grains from space

Some of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth originated very, very far away, and are…

Grain from Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft

Seen on a microscopic support, this sharp-edged grain of rock is an extraterrestrial object – a…

Grain from Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft

Seen on a microscopic support, this sharp-edged grain of rock is an extraterrestrial object – a…

Horizons mission timelapse – an orbital sunrise

Orbiting Earth once every 90 minutes, the International Space Station soars into 16 sunrises and sunsets…