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Beer cooler helps measure sea temperature
A beer cooler is playing an important role in helping to make sure that satellite measurements…
Farewell Lutetia
This ethereal image shows a stunning sliver of large main-belt asteroid Lutetia from the viewpoint of…
Crew life: an astronaut’s dinner
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA colleagues Steven Swanson and Reid Wiseman enjoy a weightless meal on the…
Make a wish! Alexander’s first timelapse from space
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s first timelapse from the International Space Station features the first shooting star that…
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…