High-tech hitchhikers

Ready for launch tomorrow, Alphasat – Europe’s largest telecommunications satellite – will serve as a testbed…

Alphasat carries a quartet of test technologies

ESA's Alphasat telecom satellite - seen here during encapsulation on 15 July - carries a quartet of…

Night or day?

Cassini’s Pale Blue Dot

In this rare image taken on 19 July, the wide-angle camera on the international Cassini spacecraft…

Earth from Space: Special edition

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. This special edition is…

Surprise guest on the International Space Station

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano had a flying visit from Paxi, the ESA kids mascot. Follow Paxi on…

Side-by-side solar eruptions

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) expand side-by-side from the Sun and out into space in this…

Alphasat [HL]

A stranger in the crowd

The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the largest of the Zodiac constellations, and the second…

A stranger in the crowd

The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the largest of the Zodiac constellations, and the second…