ATV-5 on Ariane 5 before encapsulation

ATV-5 on its Ariane 5 launcher in the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

ATV-5 on Ariane 5 before encapsulation

ATV-5 on its Ariane 5 launcher in the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

ATV-5 on Ariane 5 before encapsulation

ATV-5 on its Ariane 5 launcher in the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

ATV-5 encased by rocket fairing

ATV-5 encased by rocket fairing in the BAF (Final Assembly Building), on 11 July 2014. ESA’s…

ATV-5 encased by rocket fairing

ATV-5 encased by rocket fairing in the BAF (Final Assembly Building), on 11 July 2014. ESA’s…

Rosetta closing in on the comet

After a 10-year journey, Rosetta is finally closing in on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Magali Vaissiere, David Parker and Rt Hon Greg Clark

Magali Vaissiere, ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, David Parker, Head of UK Space Agency, and…

How big is Rosetta compared with the comet?

This short animation explains the relative sizes of the Rosetta spacecraft and comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta is…

Space timelapse over Brazil

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recorded this timelapse from the International Space Station as it flew over Brazil…

Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414

The two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young…