Unravelling the web of a cosmic creeply-crawly

This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in infrared light.…

Ultra-clean room

Technology image of the week: entering this ultra-clean room at ESTEC requires going through a powerful…

Life, Physical Sciences & Life Support Laboratory clean room

A gowned technician passes through an air shower to blast off dust and dirt particles before…

White desert

Concordia Station at Dome-C appears tiny and desolate in the white Antarctic desert.

Journey to a billion suns trailer

Journey to a billion suns is a 45-minute, 360 degree full-dome planetarium spectacular telling the fascinating…

Alexander during training

Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency during a Soyuz TMA spacecraft training session at the Gagarin…

Expedition 40/41 prime crew during training

Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right), Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and Reid Wiseman of…

Alexander Gerst ready for a centrifuge training session

Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency is ready for a centrifuge training session, at the…

Alexander ready for training with Orlan spacesuit

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is ready for training with the Orlan spacesuit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut…

Alexander ready for training with Orlan spacesuit

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is ready for training with the Orlan spacesuit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut…