Sentinel-6 and Jason-3 tandem

Launched in November 2020, Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Europe’s latest radar altimetry technology to extend the…

New sea-level monitoring satellite goes live

Following liftoff last November and more than six months spent carefully calibrating the most advanced mission…

Stark reality of Californian drought from space

Image: Stark reality of Californian drought from space Click here for original story, Stark…

Take part in ESA’s Space App Camp

ESA is inviting up to 25 committed mobile app developers and specialists in artificial and machine…

ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet answers Climate Detectives 2020-2021 team questions

As part of the 2020-2021 Climate Detectives congratulations and final online event, ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet…

Week in images: 14 – 18 June 2021

Week in images: 14 – 18 June 2021 Discover our week through the lens …

ESA-led space propulsion test facility passed to UK owner

The UK’s new National Space Propulsion Facility has been declared open. ESA oversaw the design, assembly…

Earth from Space: Tana River

This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 false-colour image of the Tana…

Tana River, Kenya

The Tana River, Kenya’s longest river, is featured in this false-colour image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2. …

A galactic powerhouse

This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3254, observed using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). WFC3…