Mission Alpha liftoff

Video: 00:04:13 Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas…

Juice's high gain antenna integrated

Timelapse showing the 2.5 m high gain antenna being added to the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer,…

Galactic close-up

This image shows a close-up portrait of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, which lies over…

Laizhou Bay, China

Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over the sediment-stained waters in Laizhou Bay, located on the southern shores…

Earth from Space: Laizhou Bay

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the sediment-stained waters in Laizhou Bay, located on the…

Crew-2 Walkout and departure to launch pad 39A

SpaceX Crew-2 Walkout from NASA’s Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, and departure to launch pad…

ESA astronaut André Kuipers on sheltering from space debris

André Kuipers is one of a handful of astronauts who has had to ‘shelter-in-place’ from a…

Dodging debris to keep satellites safe

Video: 00:01:31 Our planet is surrounded by spacecraft helping us study our changing climate, save lives…

23 April: watch Mission Alpha launch live

Latest: NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 23 April at 10:49 BST (11:49 CEST) for the…

24 April: watch Mission Alpha docking live

French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to the International Space Station on his second spaceflight.…