Signature ESA/Germany Collaborative Ground Segment agreement

The ESA/Germany Collaborative Ground Segment agreement has been signed on 7th November 2014, at ESA Headquarters…

Expedition 42/43 prime crew members

Expedition 42/43 prime crew members Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander…

Expedition 42/43 prime crew members

Expedition 42/43 prime crew members Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander…

Expedition 42/43 prime crew members

Expedition 42/43 prime crew members Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander…

Dead Sea, Middle East

This image from the Landsat-8 satellite brings us over part of the Middle East, with the…

Dead Sea, Middle East

This image from the Landsat-8 satellite brings us over part of the Middle East, with the…

Dead Sea, Middle East

This image from the Landsat-8 satellite brings us over part of the Middle East, with the…

How Philae lands on the comet

At the moment of touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, landing gear will absorb the forces of landing…

Demonstrating Rosetta’s Philae lander on the Space Station

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst performs a demonstration of how ESA’s Rosetta mission will attempt to put…

Rosetta: landing on a comet

Rosetta will release its Philae lander when approximately 22 kilometres from the centre of the comet.…