Rabe Crater topography

Colour-coded topography map of Rabe crater and its immediate surroundings. White and red show the highest…

Trekking out for CryoSat

Venturing out on the sea ice north of Greenland as part of the 2014 campaign to…

Exit Galileo

Here’s how a satellite makes an exit: one of Europe’s latest Galileos snapped at the point…

50 years serving European cooperation and innovation

2014 is a special year: the space community is celebrating the anniversary of the construction of Europe…

Mars on Earth

Testing equipment, procedures and even human resilience for future missions to faraway planets requires inventiveness. Volunteer…

Mars in Hawaii

Testing equipment, procedures and even human resilience for future missions to faraway planets requires inventiveness. Volunteer…

Rosetta puts on the brakes

Rosetta is about to put on the brakes to ensure that it is on target for…

Alexander Gerst: Bio and Training

In 2009, volcanologist Alexander Gerst from Germany became a member of the European Space Agency's Astronaut…

Alexander Gerst: Mission to the ISS

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from Germany is the second of ESA's new generation of astronauts scheduled to…

Athens, Greece

Sentinel-1A radar acquisition from 22 April 2014 showing Greece’s Attica region, with mountainous areas and the…