Going to space

Copernicus is the most ambitious Earth observation programme to date, and it is providing accurate, timely and…

Perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus

This perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus was generated from the main camera’s stereo channels on ESA’s…

Perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus

This perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus was generated from the main camera’s stereo channels on ESA’s…

SmallGEO AG1: solar panel deployed for testing at IABG

SmallGEO AG1: solar panel deployed for testing at IABG, in Germany, on 22 January, 2016. Hispasat…

SmallGEO AG1: solar panel deployed for testing at IABG

SmallGEO AG1: solar panel deployed for testing at IABG, in Germany, on 22 January, 2016. Hispasat…

LISA Pathfinder prepares for liftoff

This timelapse video shows the preparations for LISA Pathfinder’s launch at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French…

Radio testing of BepiColombo orbiter

If ESA’s Mercury orbiter of the BepiColombo mission seems to stand at an unusual angle above…

Comet on 23 January 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 23 January 2016, when Rosetta was 75.1 km from Comet…

Inside a rocket’s belly

An unusual view of a spacecraft – looking from below, directly into the thruster nozzles. This…

Tim Peake’s space shower

ESA astronaut Tim Peake washes on the International Space Station during his six-month Principia mission. There…