French portrait

This natural colour image from Sentinel-2A on 29 August features the area of Les Deux Alpes…

Galileo 11 and 12 prepared for launch

Galileo satellites 11 and 12 are mated with their distribution unit, which once complete is transferred…

Eiffel Tower on ice

Since the polar regions act as a barometer for climate change, there is much talk about…

Essential Climate Variables: Ice sheets

Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert René Forsberg of the Technical University of Denmark explains the…

Earth from Space: French portrait

Earth from Space is presented by Malì Cecere from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…

Soyuz TMA-19M crew with launcher

From left: ESA astronaut Tim Peake, commander-cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. The trio will…

Tim Peake Soyuz

ESA astronaut Tim Peake in his Sokol suit he will wear on launch day, 15 December.…

Soyuz TMA-19M crew

From left: ESA astronaut Tim Peake, commander-cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra in front of…

EDRS-A ready for shipping

The European Data Relay System’s first node, EDRS-A, is packed into its flightcase atop its host…

Essential Climate Variables: Aerosols

Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert Thomas Holzer-Popp at DLR, Germany, explains the importance of aerosols…