Sentinel-3A will be taken into orbit on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern…
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London nightlife
ESA astronaut Tim Peake took this image of London, UK, from the International Space Station 400…
Philae facing eternal hibernation
15 months after Philae made its historic landing on a comet, its legacy is enormous even…
The Unearthly Beauty of the Red Rectangle
Straight lines do not often crop up in space. Whenever they do, they seem somehow incongruous…
EDRS-A liftoff
The first laser node of the European Data Relay System lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan atop…
Italy, Alps and Mediterranean
ESA astronaut Tim Peake posted this photo on his social media channels, commenting "Beautiful night pass…
A misbehaving spiral
Despite its unassuming appearance, the edge-on spiral galaxy captured in the left half of this NASA/ESA…
Sierra Leone River Estuary
Part of Sierra Leone in West Africa is pictured in this image the Sentinel-2A satellite captured…
EDRS-A launch highlights
The first laser node of the European Data Relay System was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan atop…