Lightning illuminates the area they strike on Earth but their flash can be seen from space…
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Paxi – The Solar System
Join Paxi on a journey through our Solar System, from the rocky inner planets close to…
3D cave mapping
During the CAVES mission environments and passages are surveyed using novel technology based on laser range…
Comet on 12 January 2015 – NavCam
This four-image mosaic comprises Rosetta navigation camera images taken from a distance of 27.9 km from…
Comet on 12 January 2015 – NavCam
This four-image mosaic comprises Rosetta navigation camera images taken from a distance of 27.9 km from…
Venus Express snaps swirling vortex
This ghostly puff of smoke is actually a mass of swirling gas and cloud at Venus’…
Luca Parmitano and Thomas Pesquet during training for INC-49/INC-50 ISS EVA Maintenance run
ESA astronauts Luca Parmitano (center) and Thomas Pesquet (left) training together for INC-49/INC-50 ISS EVA Maintenance…
Thomas Pesquet during training for INC-49/INC-50 ISS EVA Maintenance run
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during the training for INC-49/INC-50 ISS EVA Maintenance run, at the Neutral…
‘Of bees and lunar landers’ – biomimetics and space
Tobias Seidl holds a PhD in Biomimetics. He talks about his ESA Research Fellow projects and…