André and the Spheres robots

ESA astronaut André Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works with the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient,…

Herschel’s three-colour view of asteroid Apophis

ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to…

ATV4 loading process begins

The loading process for ATV4 Albert Einstein begins at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.…

ATV4 loading process begins

The loading process for ATV4 Albert Einstein begins at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.…

Preview 2013

2013 will be another great year for Europe in space with launches and missions in several…

W40’s cradle of stars

Six hundred newly forming stars are crowded into these colourful filaments of dust that form a…

Layout of the LEON2-FT chip, alias AT697

Boasting a fivefold performance improvement on the ERC32, ESA’s LEON2-FT is once more manufactured by Atmel,…

Altimeter reading over Cuba

CryoSat altimeter view of sea level and topography over the Caribbean Sea and Cuba. The image…

Kangerdlugssuaq glacier, Greenland

The Kangerdlugssuaq glacier and its ice stream are pictured in this week’s image, acquired on 19…

Earth from Space: Water and ice

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The largest…