Smoking cold

Technology image of the week: why ESA researchers go through large volumes of liquid nitrogen

Smoking cold

A major challenge of testing technologies and materials for space is that the orbital environment can…

VV02 fairing integration

Proba-V fixed to the Vespa (Vega secondary payload adapter), above Vietnam’s VNREDSat-1 Earth observation satellite and…

The Space Debris Story 2013

The story of space debris highlighting how the unintended consequences of intense spaceflight activity during the…

Cleaning space

Artist’s concept showing how a defunct satellite could be grappled for a controlled reentry into Earth’s…

Fully assembled Vega VV02 on pad

ESA’s Vega VV02 rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad, 22 April, 2013. Final…

Fully assembled Vega VV02 on pad

ESA’s Vega VV02 rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad, 22 April, 2013. Final…

Earth from Space: Special edition

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

Luca Parmitano : bio & training

As a young test pilot, Luca Parmitano from Italy was lucky enough to join ESA's Astronaut…

From CERN to space

Proba-V is demonstrating a new radiation detector based on CERN technology