Cool scene for MetOp-C

Technology image of the week: A complex cryogenic structure set up in advance of testing Europe's…

Kitchen control

Clusterweb is a software package developed by the Cluster Flight Control Team at ESA’s mission control…

Test setup for MetOp-C

A perfect satellite test set-up inside ESA’s vast Large Space Simulator chamber – the only thing…

Space for inspiration: from inspiration to innovation

Replay of the Space for Inspiration event that took place 14–15 September at the London Science…

Space for inspiration: How space research helps solve global challenges (2/2)

Replay of the Space for Inspiration event that took place 14–15 September at the London Science…

Space for inspiration: How space research helps solve global challenges (1/2)

Replay of the Space for Inspiration event that took place 14–15 September at the London Science…

Gaia’s first sky map

An all-sky view of stars in our Galaxy – the Milky Way – and neighbouring galaxies,…

Gaia’s first sky map, annotated

An all-sky view of stars in our Galaxy – the Milky Way – and neighbouring galaxies,…

Pluto occultation

On 19 July 2016, Pluto passed in front of the faint star UCAC4 345-180315, offering a…

From the Solar System to the Hyades cluster

A virtual journey, from our Solar System through the Milky Way, based on data from the…