Alphasat encased by rocket fairing

The Alphasat satellite is seen for the last time before being encapsulated by the Ariane 5…

Alphasat encased by rocket fairing

The Alphasat satellite is seen for the last time before being encapsulated by the Ariane 5…

Alphasat encased by rocket fairing

The Alphasat satellite is seen for the last time before being encapsulated by the Ariane 5…

Luca Parmitano 2nd Spacewalk

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a digital still camera during a session…

Luca on camera

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a digital still camera during a session…

Proba-2 eye-to-eye with Typhoon Soulik

The swirling eye of Typhoon Soulik as it approached Taiwan last Friday is caught by a…

Proba-2 X-Cam image of Typhoon Soulik

The swirling eye of Typhoon Soulik as it approached Taiwan last Friday is caught by a…

Memories of an Astronaut

Frank de Winne, the head of the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, is one of ESA's…

Well-bred steering

ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team wins a ‘Humie’ award for their use of ‘evolutionary computation’ to evolve…

ESA team’s computer-evolved trek round Jupiter wins science prize

ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team has received a prestigious ‘Humie’ award for their use of ‘evolutionary computation’…