Galileo launch – replay

On 22 August, at 12:27 GMT/14:27 CEST, a Soyuz rocket launched Europe’s fifth and six Galileo…

Galileo launch transmission – replay

On 22 August, at 12:27 GMT/14:27 CEST, a Soyuz rocket launched Europe’s fifth and six Galileo…

Galileo launch – replay

On 22 August, at 12:27 GMT/14:27 CEST, a Soyuz rocket launched Europe’s fifth and six Galileo…

Comet on 20 August 2014 – NavCam

Rosetta navigation camera image taken on 20 August 2014 at about 83 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…

A silver needle in the sky

This stunning new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows part of the sky in…

Supreme Saturn

Saturn reigns supreme, encircled by its retinue of rings. Although all four giant planets have ring…

Comet on 19 August 2014 – NavCam

Rosetta navigation camera image taken on 19 August 2014 at about 79 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…

Greenland ice-sheet change

Using 14.3 million measurements collected by ESA’s CryoSat mission between January 2011 and January 2014, researchers…

Greenland ice-sheet height

This new elevation model of Greenland incorporates 7.5 million measurements from ESA’s CryoSat satellite collected throughout…

Galileo satellites atop Soyuz

Europe's fifth and sixth satellites were placed on top of their Soyuz launcher at the top…