ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano in full spacewalk gear before the start of his Volare mission to…
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Luca in NASA spacesuit
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, tests his spacesuit, or Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), to make sure it…
Aurora over Norway
Bright aurora illuminating the sky over Norway (near Tromsø) on 17 February 2013.
A unique cluster: one of the hidden 15
Globular clusters are relatively common in our sky, and generally look similar. However, this image, taken…
Did you know: How long does it take to get to Mars?
Did you know: How long does it take to get to Mars?
The Palouse region
Rolling hills of farmland in the northwest United States are pictured in this image from the…
ATV-4 fuelling at CSG
ATV Albert Einstein is fuelled at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATVs)…
Earth from Space: America’s Tuscany
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the…
Compact Payload Test Range
ESA's Compact Payload Test Range for antenna testing. Metal walls screen outside radio signals while spiky…
Arima twins topography
This colour-coded overhead view is based on an ESA Mars Express High-Resolution Stereo Camera digital terrain…