Green car sets speed record

When the non-profit organisation IdéeVerte Compétition decided to create a ‘green’ racing car, they turned to…

Cat’s Eye Nebula

The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), seen in detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is…

Earth from Space Image

The ever-shifting sands of the Sahara desert cover a large section of Mauritania. They all but…

Martian moon Phobos in detail

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

Navigation projects now online

What is ESA Navigation doing? Quite a lot is the short reply. For the complete answer,…

Europes changing landscape from Space

A new tool based on satellite data shows trends in the way Europeans use our landscape.…

Vega at Europe’s Spaceport

The construction site for the ground segment of Vega, the small European launcher, was opened at…

The day of descent

When ESA’s Huygens probe plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, on 14 January…

TIGER Workshop for African water management

A TIGER Initiative offer to make ESA satellite data available for monitoring African water resources sparked…

Sunny Outlook for European weather forecasting

The contract for a fourth Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) spacecraft was signed today, ensuring continuity of…