This image of Mercury was captured by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 1 December 2024, as…
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Hubble view of heart of quasar 3C 273
A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of quasar 3C 273. A coronagraph on…
Signs of the stellar lifecycle
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 1637, a spiral galaxy located 38…
ESA – Sparking Ignis
ESA Project Astronaut Sławosz Uznański takes centre stage for the unveiling of Ignis—Poland’s first mission to…
Earth from Space: First seasonal snow
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 21 November 2024 captures the first snow of the season over Denmark…
Vega-C and Sentinel-1C launch highlights
The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 5 December 2024 at 22:20 CET…
Hoisting Sentinel-1C inside Vega-C’s fairing to the top of the rocket
On 25 November 2024 at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Earth-observer Sentinel-1C inside the Vega-C rocket…
Vega-C with Sentinel-1C on the launch pad
View of Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, looking up on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in…
Rolling back the mobile building around Vega-C for flight VV25
On 5 December 2024, the mobile building surrounding the Vega-C rocket with Earth-observer Sentinel-1C was rolled…
Vega-C with Sentinel-1C on the launch pad
Vega-C on the launch pad with Earth-observer Sentinel-1C at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, 5 December…