The SCIAMACHY sensor aboard Envisat has performed the first space-based measurements of the global distribution of…
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Satellite-assisted bird preservation
In the forests of the Haute-Savoy region of the French Alps, a Swiss biologist forces his…
Vega on track for 2007
There are only three years to go until the first launch of a new European launcher…
Double Volcanic Eruption
Acquired from orbit 800 kilometres away, this Envisat image shows two volcanoes erupting simultaneously on Russia’s…
Moonrise above the Pacific
During lits Earth-skimming fly-by, Rosetta’s Navigation Cameras captured images looking down and ahead. While cloud formations,…
Satellites Guide Top Yachts
Three of the world’s largest and fastest yachts are in the midst of a non-stop trans-global…
Rosetta’s view of Earth
After skimming by the Earth at just 1954 km on 4 March 2005, Rosetta turned its…
Grass of the Sea
Spring starts early this year in Norway’s fjords and coastal waters, with sunny weather awakening a…
ESA’s closest-ever Earth fly-by
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft on 3/5/2005, performed ESA’s closest-ever Earth fly-by, gaining an essential…
Jules Verne ATV
Preparations for the arrival of “Jules Verne”, the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and those…