Dazzling diamonds

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the star cluster Trumpler 14. One of the largest…

ESA Euronews: CubeSat, a satellite in a shoe box

Tiny satellites the size of a small cube, jam-packed with the most advanced nanotechnologies: is this…

Earth from Space: Colours of the Persian Gulf

Earth from Space is presented by Malì Cecere from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…

Comet on 17 January 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 17 January 2016, when Rosetta was 86.8 km from Comet…

Principia liftoff timelapse

ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko were launched into space…

Colours of the Persian Gulf

This beautiful, natural-colour image from Sentinel-2A on 18 September 2015 features the small nation of Bahrain…

How to use the loo

Astronauts get asked this question most: how do you use the toilet in space? ESA astronaut…

GlobeNet: instant data anywhere on Earth

The initial two European Data Relay System space nodes comprise the first phase of a future…

Space data without delay

The European Data Relay System (EDRS) is the most sophisticated laser communication network ever designed. Dubbed…

What is the European Data Relay System?

The European Data Relay System (EDRS) is the most sophisticated laser communication network ever designed. Dubbed…