Jules Verne ATV

Preparations for the arrival of “Jules Verne”, the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and those…

Bangladesh Coastline

A colourful view of the Bangladesh coastline to mark the week of ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite’s…

GMES in action

The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative undertaken jointly by ESA and the European…

Habitat Design – Call for applicants

In April, 30 students from across Europe will take part in the Habitat Design Workshop to…

New Lunar Exploration Fleet

“Walking on the moon” is a song evoking one of mankind’s earliest dreams. In July 1969…

Volcanic activity on Mars

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

Central Paris

A view of Central Paris including the Eiffel Tower and ESA Headquarters, as seen from the…

Loading Test for Jules Verne

For the first time last month, technicians at ESA’s research centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, including…

Comet Chaser to fly by Earth

ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta will make a fly-by of planet Earth on 4 March 2005, and sky…

Polar expedition

In a few days, a three-man scientific expedition called Pole Track is to embark upon a…