Satellites map floods in western Europe

Image: Record rainfall has caused swollen rivers to burst their banks and wash away homes and…

Rescuing Integral: No thrust? No problem

A year ago tomorrow, a failure on the Integral spacecraft meant it fired its thrusters for…

ExoMars orbiter continues hunt for key signs of life on Mars

The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter has set new upper limits on how much methane, ethane, ethylene and…

ERS: 30 years of outstanding achievements

ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1),…

Week in images: 12 – 16 July 2021

Week in images: 12 – 16 July 2021 Discover our week through the lens …

Rediscovered, renamed, reclassified

This image shows the globular cluster NGC 6380, which lies around 35 000 light-years from Earth,…

Earth from Space: Lima, Peru

Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. …

Lima, Peru

Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. …

New Vacancy: Director of Navigation

The European Space Agency is currently looking for a new Director of Navigation to join its…

ERS-1: the first image

Video: 00:23:29 ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing…