Expedition 40/41 prime crew during winter survival training

Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev (left), ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) take part…

Rosetta’s self-portrait at Mars

On 25 February 2007 at 02:15 GMT, Rosetta passed just 250 km from the surface of…

Planet hunter sharpens eye surgery

Physicians in the Netherlands have turned to expertise from a planet-hunting telescope to steady their surgical…

Planet hunter sharpens eye surgery

Physicians in the Netherlands have turned to expertise from a planet-hunting telescope to steady their surgical…

Soyuz simulator

Learning to fly the Soyuz with ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet in the Soyuz…

Soyuz simulator

Learning to fly the Soyuz with ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet in the Soyuz…

Space inventions for free

ESA is looking for European companies interested in using its 450 inventions from its space programmes

Post-flare up

Technology image of the week: Proba-2 shows the aftermath of 18 February’s ‘coronal mass ejection’

Proba-2 view of post-eruptive loops on Sun

ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite shows the aftermath of 18 February’s ‘coronal mass ejection’.  Acquired at 0445…

Kumbunbur Creek, Australia

This false-colour satellite image shows the Kumbunbur Creek in Australia’s Northern Territory, about 260 km southwest…