Earth from Space: Special edition

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

Mars Yard

The Mars yard in Stevenage, UK. The yard simulates the martian surface, complete with rocky obstacles,…

Southwest Iran

This colourful radar composite image shows changes in large-scale agricultural plots in southwest Iran. The individual…

Earth from Space: Colourful cultivations

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

Rosetta’s first sighting of its target in 2014 – narrow angle view

Comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko in the constellation Ophiuchus. This image was taken on 21 March by the OSIRIS…

Pine Island retreat

Pine Island is the largest glacier in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and one of the…

ESA at the Big Bang Fair

ESA at the Big Bang Fair 2014 The Big Bang is the largest celebration of science,…

Growing more coffee

Technology image of the week: ESA incubator app to help Rwandan coffee farmers

Togged up in ‘scape suits’

Fuelling a satellite is particularly dangerous, so the team has to wear ‘scape suits’ for protection.…

Sentinel-1 fully loaded

The Sentinel-1A satellite is now fuelled. This rather hazardous operation cannot be rushed and took a…