Concluding Press Conference: Findings of the 6th European Conference on Space Debris

Replay of media briefing on 25 April 2013 from the 6th European Conference on Space Debris,…

Luca’s Russian spacesuits

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano explains what Russian spacesuits he is trained to use for his Volare…

Smoking cold

Technology image of the week: why ESA researchers go through large volumes of liquid nitrogen

Smoking cold

A major challenge of testing technologies and materials for space is that the orbital environment can…

VV02 fairing integration

Proba-V fixed to the Vespa (Vega secondary payload adapter), above Vietnam’s VNREDSat-1 Earth observation satellite and…

The Space Debris Story 2013

The story of space debris highlighting how the unintended consequences of intense spaceflight activity during the…

Cleaning space

Artist’s concept showing how a defunct satellite could be grappled for a controlled reentry into Earth’s…

Fully assembled Vega VV02 on pad

ESA’s Vega VV02 rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad, 22 April, 2013. Final…

Fully assembled Vega VV02 on pad

ESA’s Vega VV02 rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad, 22 April, 2013. Final…

Earth from Space: Special edition

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition,…