Meridiani Planum in context

This context image shows Meridiani Planum on Mars, including the planned landing site of Schiaparelli, the…

Perspective view in Meridiani Planum

This perspective view in Meridiani Planum was generated from the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars…

Mars Express image of Schiaparelli’s landing site – with ellipse

The landing ellipse of Schiaparelli, the ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module, is shown in…

Flyover of Schiaparelli landing ellipse

Flyover of the landing site of the ExoMars 2016 Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module, Schiaparelli,…

Shiny on the outside

Technology image of the week: the blankets of multi-layer insulation that make satellites look like wrapped-up…

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…