Replay of the Swarm launch event with footage from the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt,…
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Swarm liftoff
Replay of the Swarm liftoff on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia…
Magnetic field: an introduction
An introduction to Earth’s magnetic field: what it is, where it comes from and what it’s…
Swarm liftoff
Replay of the Swarm liftoff on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia…
Update from Plesetsk: Day before launch day
ESA’s SWARM mission to study the Earth’s magnetic field is on its launch pad. Lift off…
Guide to our Galaxy
This virtual journey shows the different components that make up our home galaxy, the Milky Way,…
ESA Euronews: The real-life space cadets: Abbie, Marc and Maria
Meet the space cadets, three young engineers with enviable jobs that are quite literally out of…
Iceberg away
Technology image of the week: Proba-2's mini-camera catches iceberg drifting from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
Proba-2 view of Pine Island Glacier iceberg
The smallest camera on one of ESA’s smallest satellites caught this image of a giant iceberg…
Earth Explorer Programme
In just four years, ESA’s three Earth Explorer satellites, SMOS, GOCE and CryoSat, have greatly advanced…