Power dressing

Technology image of the week: Expansive solar arrays for Europe’s Alphasat telecommunications satellite

Perfect sky

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is spending six months on the International Space Station conducting experiments and…

Gaia scanning the sky

This animation shows the Gaia spacecraft spinning in space scanning the sky. Gaia’s mission relies on…

ESA Pavilion, Paris Air and Space Show 2013

The 50th International Paris Air & Space Show at Le Bourget opened its doors on Monday 17 June.…

Galileo FOC

These pictures give the first detailed views of the next batch of Galileo satellites, the first…

Inseparable galactic twins

Looking towards the constellation of Triangulum (The Triangle), in the northern sky, lies the galaxy pair…

Earth from Space: Special edition

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition,…

Alphasat : Technology demonstration

Europe’s powerful new communications satellite, Alphasat, is due for launch this month of July on top…

Alphasat: new partnership in SatCom

Alphasat, the most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever built, is due for launch at the end…

Fly-through movie of Hebes Chasma

Fly-through movie of Hebes Chasma, the northernmost part of Valles Marineris. The movie was created from…