Technology image of the week: the blankets of multi-layer insulation that make satellites look like wrapped-up…
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Multi-layer insulation blankets
Blankets of multi-layer insulation (MLI) are used to cover satellite surfaces to help insulate them from…
Follow instructions
The life of an astronaut in space consists of following many step-by-step procedures. We’ve all wished…
August Mars
Mars as seen by the low-resolution Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter…
Rosetta’s journey around the comet
Animation visualising Rosetta’s two-year journey around Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The animation begins on 31 July 2014, during…
Comet on 31 July 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera
OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 31 July 2016, when Rosetta was 9.9 km from the…
Artwork by Aoife van Linden Tol
Based in London, UK, Aoife is an artist working primarily with explosive media and the recipient of the…
Trying on a coat
Technology image of the week: candidate coatings for a new space antenna seen undergoing testing at…
Aladin ready for Aeolus
After many years in development, Aladin – the Doppler wind lidar to be carried on the…
Solar eruption larger than Earth
A gigantic ribbon of hot gas bursts upwards from the Sun, guided by a giant loop…