Budding writers and artists have another opportunity to describe their vision of the future in space…
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Tokyo from Space
This Envisat radar image delineates the extent of Tokyo, the largest urban agglomeration in the world.…
Arctic Space Launchers
European launchers have come to be associated with French Guiana – powerful large rockets that lift-off…
Roberto Vittori to fly to the ISS
ESA PR 64-2004. Roberto Vittori will be the next ESA astronaut to fly to the International…
European and Chinese space cooperation
China’s Prime Minister Jiabao Wen visited ESA’s research and technology centre (ESTEC), in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.…
Travel to Mars in your dreams?
Can you imagine spending eight weeks in bed? ESA is looking for female volunteers who are…
Huygens begins its final journey to Titan
One year after Mars Express’ arrival at Mars, the mighty rules of celestial mechanics have again…
Aid Workers Get Aid From Orbit
It is hard to overstate the scale of the humanitarian emergency unfolding in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur…
Sptlight on space debris
At closing speeds reaching 50 thousand kilometres per hour, even the smallest bits of space debris…
Mouth of the Danube from Space
Flanked by imposing mountains, one of Europe’s principal rivers reaches its end in this Envisat image.…