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Space Propulsion Breakthrough
The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of…
Butterfly Impact Crater
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Japans ALOS in orbit
ALOS, Japan’s latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on…
Juventae Chasma Mars
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Pollution hunting in the light and shadows
Since March 2002, SCIAMACHY has been chasing our planet’s pollution. The latest edition of the EuroNews…
The Huygens landing: one year later
A little over one year ago, on 14 January 2005, ESA’s Huygens probe reached the upper…
Poyang Lake from Space
This Envisat image shows the patchy waters of Poyang Lake (Poyang Hu) in winter. In summer…
ESA service warns asthma sufferers
We all wonder what is in the air for 2006 – but for people with asthma…
Kliuchevskoi Volcano from Space
At 4835 metres high, the snow-dusted peak of the Kliuchevskoi volcano casts a clear shadow in…