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,…

Envisat catches the eye of Typhoon Nida

The 150-kilometre-per-hour winds of Typhoon Nida brought destruction and death to the Philippines this week. At…

Beagle 2: lessons learned

The Commission of Inquiry on Beagle 2, jointly set up in February between ESA and the…

Travelling back in time

Every time you look at the sky, you travel back in time… in a sense. When…