The Amazon River

This Kompsat-2 image, acquired on 6 July 2012, shows the Amazon River in the heart of northern Brazil’s…

Earth from Space: Amazon

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The Amazon…

Gaia sunshield deployment time lapse sequence

A time lapse sequence, at 7 times actual speed, showing the deployment of Gaia's sunshield during…

Planck’s view of the Universe

This animation highlights some of the many discoveries made by ESA’s Planck space telescope over its…

Planck cruise to L2

Animation of the spin-stabilised Planck spacecraft during the cruise toward its final destination: an operational orbit…

SAFER’s Bridget rover as if on Mars

This ‘Bridget’ prototype Mars rover supplied by Astrium Stevenage in the UK was used for last…

ATV-5 explained by mission manager Massimo Cislaghi

ATV George LeMaître, ESA's fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle will leave for the International Space…

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano talks to finalists of the Volare Space Robotics Challenge

From 400 km above the surface of Earth, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano talked with high-school students…

Electra signing

On 15 October 2013, ESA and SES signed a contract for Phase-B1 of the Electra project. Electra…

SAFER rover

The Bridget rover, supplied by Astrium Stevenage in the UK, was used in the five-day SAFER…