As with Sentinel-1A, the Sentinel-2A satellite carries a laser terminal, or ‘optical communications payload’, to transmit…
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Replay of Vega liftoff VV04 with IXV
Replay of the liftoff of Vega VV04 with ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, launched from Kourou,…
Samantha in Cupola
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station 3 February 2015 during her Futura mission.…
IXV ready for liftoff
This time-lapse video shows IXV's preparation, fairing encapsulation, transfer to the Vega mobile gantry and upper…
Galileo container
Galileo satellite in its protective air-conditioned container, about to be unloaded from its Air France Boeing 747…
Lisbon, Portugal
This image from Sentinel-1A’s radar shows the metropolitan area of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. Flowing in from…
Earth from Space: Lisbon
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…
March of the moons
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a rare occurrence as three of Jupiter’s largest…
Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background: finer detail
A visualisation of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESA’s…
Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background: zoom
A visualisation of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESA’s…