Monitoring changing ice with Sentinel-1

Carrying an advanced radar, Sentinel-1 can image Earth’s surface no matter what the weather and regardless…

Monitoring changing ice with Sentinel-1

Carrying an advanced radar, Sentinel-1 can image Earth’s surface no matter what the weather and regardless…

Mike Oldfield sends greeting to ESA and the Sentinel team

World-renowned musician Mike Oldfield, composer of the music used in ESA's Sentinel-1 video, is a big…

Mike Oldfield sends greeting to ESA and the Sentinel team

World-renowned musician Mike Oldfield, composer of the music used in ESA's Sentinel-1 video, is a big…

EAC from Space Station

Astronauts on the International Space Station often spend free time gazing at Earth. The outpost orbits…

Venus glory

False colour composite of a ‘glory’ seen on Venus on 24 July 2011. The image is…

Earth from Space: Special edition

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

Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 28 February 2014

On 20 January, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft emerged from a 31-month hibernation on the final leg of…

StarTiger rapid autofocus for eyes in sky

These days, even the humblest smartphone camera comes with autofocus, stopping users snapping blurred images. Now…

Autofocus for space

Racing against the clock, ESA's latest StarTiger team completed a prototype autofocus system for satelllites