Andreas and Eurobot

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is preparing for his 10-day flight to the International Space Station in…

ESRIN Open Days 3-6 March: “Get inspired”

ESRIN’s Open Days 2015 gave 2000 young students and their teachers a rare opportunity to learn…

Samantha Terry and Butch in Quest airlock

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti preparing colleague NASA astronauts Terry Virts and Butch Wilmore for their spacewalk…

Samantha working on Airway Monitoring

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station working with equipment for the Airway Monitoring…

Comet on 6 March 2015 – NavCam

This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 82.9 km from…

The twisted shockwaves of an exploded star

Discovered on 5 September 1784 by astronomer William Herschel, the Veil Nebula was once a star.…

Once upon a time… Comet landing

Rosetta and Philae were ready for their biggest challenge yet: landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As Rosetta…

Comet on 28 February 2015 – NavCam

This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 102.6 km from…

An explosive quartet

This image shows the huge galaxy cluster MACS J1149+2223, whose light took over 5 billion years…

100 days of Futura

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti floats in the International Space Station's US Destiny laboratory with a special…