Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is the first spacecraft to observe…
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Navigating in space
ESA’s Flight Dynamics team uses cutting-edge computational techniques to plan, determine and control complex spacecraft trajectories.…
ESA’s Rosetta lander Philae landing on the nucleus of a comet
The challenge of landing on a comet is not to bounce away again. Philae lands on…
Miniature satellite to map global vegetation
The French Spot satellites have been charting the world’s vegetation since 1998. This important task soon…
Hot interior of the Eskimo Nebula
Hot X-ray-emitting gas detected by ESA’s XMM-Newton reveals the Eskimo’s blue face shining at 2 million…
Hubble’s “Flying V”
This large “flying V” is actually two distinct objects — a pair of interacting galaxies known…
Honey, are you for real?
A laser device developed in the hopes of measuring carbon on Mars may soon be used…
African equatorial forest
The animation shows the change in vegetation in African equatorial forest from 12 months of data…
Lake Powell, United States
This Landsat image from 19 July 2011 shows Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River…