ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s first timelapse from the International Space Station features the first shooting star that…
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Venus Express plunging into the atmosphere
After eight years in orbit, ESA’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and is preparing…
Spacewalk training
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participates in a spacewalk training session at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Samantha…
Hurricane Arthur
Hurricane Arthur skirting the east coast of the United States. Photographed from the International Space Station…
Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
This image from the Sentinel-1A radar satellite on 6 June shows part of the Philippine island…
Earth from Space: Pinatubo
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. This week’s…
A fossil in the making
Discovered by astronomer William Herschel in the late 1700s, NGC 201 is a barred spiral galaxy…
Comet on 28 June 2014
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, seen in Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 28 June 2014, from a distance of…
Dropship offers safe landings for Mars rovers
The dramatic conclusion to ESA’s latest StarTiger project: a ‘dropship’ quadcopter steers itself to lower a…
Artist’s impression showing ATV-5 approaching the ISS
Artist's impression showing the ATV-5 approaching the International Space Station (ISS). ESA’s fifth and last Automated…