Eyeing up the total solar eclipse

The Sun appears to be eyeballing us in this unique portrayal of the total solar eclipse…

Malargüe station construction

One of the world’s most sophisticated satellite tracking stations is nearing readiness in Malargüe, Argentina, 1200…

Po River, Italy

This image is a compilation of three radar images from the Japanese ALOS satellite and shows the…

Earth from Space: Po

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios.   In…

From the pampas to the stars

ESA’s new tracking station in Malargüe, Argentina, will be formally inaugurated on 18 December 2012 and…

Titan’s Nile River

A miniature version of the Nile River, seen on Saturn’s moon Titan by the international Cassini…

Proba-1 images Concordia base

The Proba-1 microsatellite's High Resolution Camera images the French-Italian Concordia base in the Antarctic interior. The…

Shadows on ice: Proba-1 images Concordia south polar base

ESA’s Earth-observing microsatellite Proba-1 has glimpsed one of the loneliest places on Earth – Concordia research…

VA212 preparations underway

Ahead of its launch, Ariane 5 Flight VA212 is prepared at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana.

ESA astronauts training for ISS

ESA's Human Space Flight programme is gaining more and more experience with several long duration missions…