Ariane 6

At the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the new launch facilities for ESA’s Ariane 6…

Sentinel-5P offers daily coverage

The Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite carries the state-of-the-art Tropomi instrument to map a multitude of trace gases…

Air quality monitoring for Copernicus

The Sentinels are a fleet of satellites designed specifically to deliver the wealth of data and…

Supersonic landfall

Technology image of the week: This test parachute deployed at supersonic velocity, demonstrating Europe’s capability to…

Supersonic landfall

Technology image of the week: This test parachute deployed at supersonic velocity, demonstrating Europe’s capability to…

RAT rover by night

ESA’s light-studded Rover Autonomy Testbed seen during night testing in Tenerife, intended to simulate the low…

Rovers drive through Tenerife darkness

A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and…

Rovers drive through Tenerife darkness

A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and…

Supersonic parachute testing

This parachute deployed at supersonic velocity from a test capsule hurtling down towards snow-covered northern Sweden…

Working on Tropomi

Tropomi – the most advanced multispectral imaging spectrometer to date – is carried on the Copernicus…