European researchers invited to board ‘Spaceship EAC’

The European Astronaut Centre is set to work with academia in tackling future space exploration challenges…

Upsala Glacier

The Upsala Glacier in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park is pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from…

Earth from Space: Upsala Glacier

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Discover Argentina’s…

Rosetta: the end is in sight

It is just over two years since Rosetta made its rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and now…

Cuddly comet chaser

Technology image of the week: a plush toy version of Rosetta joins a rover in ESA's…

Rover and toy Rosetta in Mars Yard

An ESA rover under testing is joined in the Agency’s rocky ‘Mars Yard’ by a plush…

Comet dust flyover

Rosetta has imaged the smallest grains of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s dust yet, with its Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis…

Sentinel-1A fragment impact in space

The picture shows Sentinel-1A’s solar array before and after the impact of a millimetre-size particle on…

Unloading Ariane 5

Elements of Galileo's specially-customised Ariane 5 being unloaded from the MN Colibriroll-on/roll-off ship at French Guiana’s Pariacabo Port…

Space recovery USB

All computer enthusiasts have a recovery disk available in case their computer stops working – and…