Weather eye on Europe

ESA’s new Weather Today website allows you to access data from space relied upon by weather…

X-43A FLIGHT DELAYED

The flight of NASA’s X-43A has been postponed, due to an incident with the rudder actuator…

ESA Mars Express calls up NASA Spirit Rover

A pioneering demonstration of communications between the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter and NASA’s Mars…

Rosetta and Ariane 5 launcher

The Rosetta payload for Flight 158 made its initial contact with hardware from the Ariane 5…

Olympus Mons – the caldera in close-up

View from overhead of the complex caldera (summit crater) at the summit of Olympus Mons on…

PREDICTIONS OF MORE TROPICAL RAIN

As the tropical oceans continue to heat up, following a 20-year trend, warm rains in the…

SCIENTISTS FIND OZONE-DESTROYING MOLECULE

Using measurements from a NASA aircraft flying over the Arctic, Harvard University scientists have made the…

Earth Explorer missions

An important milestone for ESA’s Living Planet Programme is to be reached this spring when it…

Europe supports Arianespace

European Space Agency decisions made this week on a trio of major initiatives will ensure the…

Landslide warnings from satellite

As winter rains come, thousands of square kilometres of territory across Europe’s heart face a looming…