The southern part of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in India as seen from ESA’s Proba microsatellite. The…
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Hourglass Shaped Craters
This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
PlayStation Previews Space Ttechnology
PlayStation users worldwide can now see for themselves what happens when Ariane launcher technology is applied…
Global Check of Methane Emissions
The SCIAMACHY sensor aboard Envisat has performed the first space-based measurements of the global distribution of…
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…