Parabolic Flight Campaign underway

The 37th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign started last week in Bordeaux, France, with preparation and training…

A “Swarm” of satellites to look inside the Earth

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has just decided which of the six Earth Explorer candidate missions,…

‘Music2Titan’: sounds of a spaceprobe

When ESA’s Huygens spaceprobe, travelling on board NASA’s Cassini spacecraft en route to Saturn, lands on…

Cassini-Huygens mission heading for Saturn

Launched in October 1997, the ESA/NASA Cassini-Huygens mission is currently heading for Saturn. While ESA’s Huygens…

1001 schools register with Eduspace

More than 1000 schools have now registered to take part in projects and use the resources…

Micro-satellite steers by the stars

Since its launch in October 2001, ESA’s Proba micro-satellite has been returning remarkable imagery of some…

Mars volcano in 3D

This image of the Arsia Mons shield volcano was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera…

Rosetta’s scientific ‘first’ – observation of Comet Linear

ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta, whose 10-year journey to its final target Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko started on 2 March,…

Cassini-Huygens approaching Saturn and Titan

Launched in October 1997, the ESA/NASA Cassini-Huygens mission is currently heading for Saturn. While ESA’s Huygens…

Lessons learnt from Beagle 2

The Mars Express spacecraft, carrying the Beagle 2 lander, was launched on 2 June last year,…