Messier 61 looks straight into the camera

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of nearby spiral galaxy Messier 61, also…

Ligeia Mare

Ligeia Mare, shown here in a false-colour image from the international Cassini mission, is the second…

Europe’s space hub to open its doors on 6 October

From the latest space ferry to the very first Alphasat, Europe has never been more active…

Europe’s space hub to open its doors on 6 October

From the latest space ferry to the very first Alphasat, Europe has never been more active…

Europe’s space hub to open its doors on 6 October

From the latest space ferry to the very first Alphasat, Europe has never been more active…

Spin Your Thesis!

Sequences extracted from the Spin Your Thesis 2011 and 2012 campaigns (September 2011 and 2012) at…

Gaia telescope

Gaia is a space telescope, or rather, two space telescopes. Its telescopes involve ten mirrors of…

Paris Air and Space Show 2013 – Press conference: Jean-Jacques Dordain

Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, provided an overview of ESA programmes and answered questions from media at…

ATV-4 docking to the International Space Station – transmission replay

ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…

ATV-4 docking sequence – replay

ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…