Margarita Island, Venezuela

Situated in the southern Caribbean Sea about 20 km off of mainland Venezuela’s coast, the island…

Catching signals from a speeding satellite

Soaring high above Earth as they speed through space, satellites are difficult targets to track. Now…

Winter survival

In this latest video diary, ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet look back on Andreas'…

Earth from Space: Margarita

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Venezuela’s island…

Iberia

This image from the International Space Station shows the Iberian Peninsula including Spain and Portugal at…

Iberia

This image from the International Space Station shows the Iberian Peninsula including Spain and Portugal at…

Daedalia Planum closeup

Close-up view of the two dominant lava flows that reach the foot of the highland terrain…

Compact control room

Technology image of the week: ESA’s smallest control room, used to command the Agency’s small satellite…

Compact control room

Technology image of the week: ESA’s smallest control room, used to command the Agency’s small satellite…

Proba Mission Operations Centre

Engineers Frédéric Hannoteau (left) and Eric Martin (right), part of the team manning ESA’s smallest control room,…