The journey to launch is picking up pace for Europe’s MetOp Second Generation weather satellite –…
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IMBH near NGC 6099 (Hubble image)
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to identify a…
MicroCarb in preparation for its flight on Vega-C
Where is most of our planet’s carbon dioxide generated and where is it absorbed again? CNES’s…
ESA – Space pierogi bite
ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski about to take a bite of the first-ever batch of pierogi prepared…
ESA – Swirling spiral in Hydra
The swirling spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 3285B, which resides 137…
Earth from Space: Kuwaiti waters
The turquoise waters southeast of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka are captured in this image acquired…
Copernicus Sentinel-6B undergoing acoustic tests
The next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, undergoing acoustic testing at IABG’s facilities in Germany. Sentinel-6B…
Ignis Mission: Return to Earth
On 15 July 2025, with the splashdown of the Dragon capsule off the coast of California,…
Teamwork for LEOP at Fucino for Meteosat Third Generation sounder satellite
After 17 days in space, the Meteosat Third Generation sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, which launched on 1…
ExoMars parachute high-altitude drop test
The most complex parachute system to ever deploy on Mars has successfully slowed down an ExoMars…