Proxima Liftoff

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky were launched to…

Expedition 50 crewmembers greeting audience at the launch pad

Expedition 50 crewmembers greeting audience at the launch pad, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 17 November 2016.…

Expedition 50 crewmembers walking to the launch pad

Expedition 50 crewmembers walking to the launch pad, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 17 November 2016. ESA…

Expedition 50 crewmembers arriving at the launch pad

Expedition 50 crewmembers arriving at the launch pad, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 17 November 2016. ESA…

Thomas Pesquet dressed in his Russian Sokol suit

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (right) dressed in his Russian Sokol suit ready for launch to the International Space…

Thomas Pesquet waves farewell to family and friends

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to…

Proxima launch – full replay

Full replay of the launch of ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos…

A day at the comet

Sequence of 23 images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko taken with Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 4 July 2015, about…

Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA233

Liftoff of Ariane flight VA233, carrying four Galileo satellites, from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana,…

Galileo 15-18 replay – part 2

Europe’s 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana…