Data from ISO, the infrared observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), have provided the first…
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Proba Yielding Beautiful Results
In orbit for three and a half years now, ESA’s smallest Earth Observation satellite is making…
Countdown to Shuttle return to flight
Launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida will soon see the Shuttle blasting off…
Sand Dunes from Space
This Envisat image shows two huge sand dune seas in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya,…
Large Space Simulator
A new ‘specimen access device’ (SPAD) to allow safe and fast access to spacecraft being tested…
WISE study starts in Toulouse
Since Saturday, 19 March, the study entitled Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) has been…
Space debris: assessing the risk
Assessing the risk that space debris pose to operational spacecraft and satellites is a challenge and…
Giant Iceberg
Envisat radar imagery confirms that the B-15A iceberg the world’s largest floating object is…
Bombay India
The southern part of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in India as seen from ESA’s Proba microsatellite. The…
Hourglass Shaped Craters
This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…