The IMPRESS project saw the first launch of an experimental payload, the Electromagnetic Levitator, onboard an…
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Earth from Space: Eastern US
Aircraft condensation trails or ‘contrails’ are clearly visible slicing across the East Coast of the United…
Earth from Space: Caspian Sea
This Envisat image shows the southern part of the oil-rich Caspian Sea, starting point of a…
Mars Express Radar Data
The Mars Express radar, MARSIS, has now been deployed for more than four months. Here we…
Pirate Protection Via Satellite
A satellite surveillance zone within the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish…
Supergiant X-ray Binary Stars
ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has discovered a new, highly populated class of X-ray fast ‘transient’ binary…
New ISS Education Resource
The ISS Education Team today launches a new product: the ISS Education Kit on the web.…
Stellar Gas
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming…
Gobi Desert from Space
This Proba image shows numerous small lakes in the otherwise arid environment of the Gobi Desert…
First Galileo satellites named “GIOVE”
GIOVE – standing for “Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element” – is the name that has been chosen…