Gaia telescope

Gaia is a space telescope, or rather, two space telescopes. Its telescopes involve ten mirrors of…

Paris Air and Space Show 2013 – Press conference: Jean-Jacques Dordain

Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, provided an overview of ESA programmes and answered questions from media at…

ATV-4 docking to the International Space Station – transmission replay

ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…

ATV-4 docking sequence – replay

ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on…

Precision fire

Technology image of the week: testing the tiny MiniRIT thruster for precision satellite control

Fine control from miniature thruster

The faint purple glow comes from one of ESA’s very smallest space thrusters, being tested in…

ATV vs. UD: DJ Young Einstein vs. ATV Albert Einstein

For the 2013 Automated Transfer Vehicle docking day music video, ESA teamed up with California hip hop…

Earth from Space: South Island

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios.Explore New Zealand’s…

Aircraft tracked

ESA’s Proba-V has become the first satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals, allowing aircraft to…

New Zealand’s South Island

New Zealand’s South Island is pictured in this Envisat image from 4 April 2012. There are a…