Hubble celebrates 15th

In the 15 years that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has orbited Earth, it has taken…

Soyuz TMA-5 landing

The Eneide mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a successful end with…

Vancouver and Seattle from space

Vancouver and Seattle, the two major port cities of the American Pacific Northwest, nestle in sheltered…

The mesas of Aureum Chaos

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

Space technology on winners podium

Once again Henri Pescarolo chose advanced space technology to make his Le Mans racer lighter and…

ERS-2’s mission continues

Ten years and 52 289 orbits on from its launch, the Earth Observation mission of ESA’s…

Photo Contest Winners

ESA received more than 45 fascinating images from Canada, USA, Europe and Africa during last month’s…

Antarctic ice tongue

Maps of Antarctica need to be amended. The long-awaited collision between the vast B-15A iceberg and…

CryoSat validation

The northernmost part of the Baltic Sea, between Finland and Sweden, recently provided an ideal location…

Lunar Peaks of Eternal Light

ESA’s SMART-1 mission to the Moon has been monitoring the illumination of lunar poles since the…