P80 stage transfer onto the launch pad – Image

Credits: ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE - Optique Video CSG, 2010

P80 arrives at Vega Launch Zone – Image

Credits: ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE - Optique Video CSG, 2010

P80 first stage transfer from the Booster Integration Building to the Vega Launch Zone – Image

Credits: ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE - Optique Video CSG, 2010

ESA Astronaut Class 2009

The new ESA astronauts have now completed the first phase of astronaut education called: Basic Training.…

Phoenicis Lacus on Mars – Image

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

Great Britain and Ireland – Image

Credits: ESA

Night lights from the ISS – Image

Credits: NASA

Hylas-1 during mating on ACU – Image

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2010

Paolo Nespoli with 3D glasses – Image

Credits: ESA / Giovanni Antico

Laser tag caps Proba-2’s technology-testing year

Proba-2’s first year in space proves that small size does not prevent significant science return. To…