Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

Magnetic field: learning more with Swarm

To learn more about Earth’s magnetic field, the three Swarm satellites were launched on 22 November.…

From launch to landing: Luca’s Volare mission

Luca Parmitano was the first of ESA’s class of 2009 astronauts to visit the International Space…

Spacelab-1 Sled experiment, 1981

A test subject sitting on Sled, an ESA experiment launched on Spacelab-1 on 28 November 1983.…

Paxi in the Drop Tower

Paxi free falling in the ZARM Drop Tower and experimenting weightlessness during 4.7 seconds.

Herschel’s 37 000 science observations

This animation shows the timeline of over 37 000 scientific observations made by ESA’s Herschel space observatory…

Magnetic field: why it matters

Earth’s magnetic field is continuously changing. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the…

Magnetic field: why it matters

Earth’s magnetic field is continuously changing. Magnetic north wanders, and every few hundred thousand years the…

Herschel’s 37 000 science observations

This animation shows the timeline of over 37 000 scientific observations made by ESA’s Herschel space observatory…