Chinks in ISS armour deliver data on space junk impacts

Speeding along in orbit at more than seven kilometres per second, the International Space Station has…

ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Christer Fuglesang participate in an inflight call with Swedish TV – Video

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The International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery – Image

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Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission – Video

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ESA preparing ‘sugar-cube’ gyro sensors for future missions

One of ESA's future Earth observation missions will monitor its orientation in space with the help…

Proba-2 flies into its Russian launch site – Image

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Christer Fuglesang participates in the third STS-128 spacewalk – Image

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ESA astronauts Frank De Winne (left) and Christer Fuglesang inside the International Space Station’s Quest Airlock – Image

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NASA astronaut John Olivas works to remove experiment pallets from the external platform on Columbus – Image

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Proba-2 flies into its Russian launch site

Proba-2 has reached Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it is being prepared for launch this…