SMOS reveals thin sea ice

Sea-ice thickness measured by SMOS in the Arctic and Antarctic.Arctic sea ice is significantly thinner in…

Topographical view Argyre Planitia

This colour-coded plan view is based on a digital terrain model of the region, from which…

Argyre Planitia and Hooke Crater – Image

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

Beta Pictoris system – Image

Credits: ESO/A-M. Lagrange et al.

Disaster management from space

Floods are usually accompanied by cloudy skies making it difficult to monitor them from space. Using…

Luca training at NASA – Image

Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2012

Luca survival training

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg (left), cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano (with flare) during…

Luca Parmitano in Star City

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during Soyuz training in Star City, Russia. Luca is assigned flight engineer…

Luca Parmitano – Image

Credits: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre

Thomas Reiter welcomes Buzz Aldrin, ESA stand, IAC – Image

Credits: ESA–P. Sebirot, 2012