The moment when ESA’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is removed from its protective container, safely inside…
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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…
Closing the recycling circle
The International Space Station welcomes up to eight supply vessels a year bringing oxygen, water and…
Rud-e-Gaz and Rud-e-Hara wetlands
This image over a remote area in southern Iran was acquired by Japan’s ALOS satellite on…
Earth from Space: How dry Iran
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. A Ramsar…