Lake Gairdner

Lake Gairdner in central South Australia is pictured in this image acquired by Japan’s ALOS satellite…

Supernova Gaia14aaa and its host galaxy

This image shows the supernova named Gaia14aaa as seen on 10 September 2014 with the robotic…

Rosetta landing site choices

On 15 September the Rosetta mission will announce the primary and back up landing sites for…

Philae’s descent and science on the surface

Annotated version of the Philae’s mission at comet 67P animation. The animation begins with the deployment…

NEEMO 19: Mission day 4

In this update from NEEMO 19, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and ESA astronaut trainer Herve Stevenin…

CAVES 2014: Science overview

CAVES Science Coordinator Jo De Waele presents an overview of the science that the astronauts will…

Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA218

On 11 September 2014, Ariane 5 flight VA218 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French…

Comet on 10 September 2014 – NavCam

Four image NAVCAM mosaic of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, using images taken on 10 September when Rosetta was…

Farewell ISS

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov (left), NASA astronaut Steve  Swanson (centre) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (right)…

NEEMO 19: Mission day 3 .

At the end of their third day of living and working underwater, the NEEMO 19 crew…