CryoSat Mission lost due to launch failure

Saturday 10/09/2005 at 21.00 CEST Mr Jury Bakhvalov, First Deputy Director General of the Khrunichev Space…

Calling all radio amateurs

Radio amateurs worldwide are being asked to help collect data from the student-built SSETI Express satellite,…

Artificial Island

The artificial island Palm Jebel Ali shown well under construction in this Proba image. The Palm…

Student Satellite Ready for Launch

SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the…

CryoSat: the ice edge holds the key

Until now satellites have not been able to monitor melting of ice at the very point…

The Biblis Patera volcano

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

CryoSat – ESA’s ice mission

If our planet is warming up, what does the future hold for Earth’s frozen Poles? ESA’s…

Belgium from Space

The green landscapes of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg ­ collectively known as Benelux ­ as…

Satellite navigation tracks rally cars

EGNOS makes the difference. This is what was demonstrated at the German round of the World…

Breath of the Dragon

ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China’s air quality China’s spectacular economic growth…