Why go to Mars ? – Video

Credits: ESA TV, 2010

Space Station keeps watch on world’s sea traffic

As the ISS circles Earth, it has begun tracking individual ships crossing the seas beneath. An…

Astronaut day – Image

Credits: ESA - M. Pedoussaut, 2010

Swirling cloud art in the Atlantic Ocean – Image

Credits: ESA

International Ambassadors visit the Joint Space Pavilion ‘Space for Earth’ – Image

Credits: ESA - M. Pedoussaut, 2010

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between ESA and DLR – Image

Credits: ESA - M. Pedoussaut, 2010

Satellites, TV and the World Cup – Video

Credits: ESA - Source Images : Euronews Space 10 & Eultelsat

ILA 2010 : Visit of Angela Merkel to the Joint Space Pavillon ‘Space for Earth’ – Image

Credits: Katja Hoffmann for BDLI

Prototype mm-wave sensor to offer new view of Europe’s weather

A new sensor for all-weather ‘nowcasting’ has produced its first outdoor image. ESA’s Geostationary Atmospheric Sounder…

Mars500 crew at the press conference – Image

Credits: ESA/IBMP - Oleg Voloshin