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A beautiful whorl
Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. One of the key galaxy types we see in the Universe…
Palm oil plantations
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over palm oil plantations in East Kalimantan – the Indonesian…
Earth from space: Palm oil plantations, Borneo
In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over palm…
Soyuz rollout for Beyond mission
The Russian Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft that will transport ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano to the International Space…
Powering the future with lunar soil
Building a lunar base would be one of the next logical steps in our exploration of…
Building a toolkit for the Moon
As the world celebrates 50 years since the first lunar landing, the team at ESA’s astronaut…
Expedition 60 with their Soyuz
In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of…
The Moon camera
Which camera to send to the Moon? The iconic images taken with the Hasselblad 500 series…
Angelic halo orbit chosen for humankind’s first lunar outpost
Mission planners at NASA and ESA’s Operations Centre (ESOC) have spent months debating the pros and…