Artist's impression showing the ATV-5 approaching the International Space Station (ISS). ESA’s fifth and last Automated…
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Dropship with rover
The 'dropship' quadcopter and mockup rover used for testing ESA's latest StarTiger project, Dropter. The dropship steers…
Unboxing a spaceplane
Technology image of the week: The moment when ESA’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is removed from…
Unboxing IXV
The moment when ESA’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is removed from its protective container, safely inside…
Southern tip of South America
From 400 km above Earth ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took this picture of South America as…
First detection of water vapour
Even when it is still about half way between Jupiter and Mars, some 583 million kilometres…
Alexander’s view in space
Flying at 28 800 km/h over Earth, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recorded this video passing over…
Nobel Laureate Meeting connects with Alexander Gerst
This message from ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was played during the opening ceremony of the 64th…
ATV-5 integrated on Ariane 5
On 26 June 2014 the spacecraft ATV-5 is integrated on its Ariane 5 launcher in the…