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Space Science Image of the Week: An evocative image of Rosetta’s comet to recall the end of its trailblazing mission two years ago To source

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will take over the role of International Space Station commander from NASA astronaut Drew Feustel 3 October. This marks the start of expedition 57 and second half of Alexander’s Horizons mission .   With both Alexander and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano set to command the International Space Station within the next 12 […]

Our week through the lens: 24 – 28 September 2018 To source

From Lego-style satellites that plug together to robot avatars for lunar exploration, satellite maps for Arctic navigation to a DNA-analysing ‘tricorder’: next week 24 of planet Earth’s top start-ups will showcase their cutting-edge ideas for space and beyond at the International Astronautical Congress in Germany. To source

In this week’s edition, Sentinel-1 takes us over central Italy To source

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano reflects on his International Space Station mission name and logo To source

As the Radar Altimetry Symposium continues in the Azores, Angelica Tarpanelli joins ESA web TV to explain how river discharge affects our oceans and how this is measured To source

Operations image of the week: 180 million miles from Earth, a tiny spacecraft captures evidence of itself closing in on an ancient rocky body To source

Today ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano announced the name of his second mission and logo during an event at ESA’s ESRIN establishment in Italy. Luca will be going ‘Beyond’ when he returns to the International Space Station in 2019 as part of Expedition 60/61, alongside Andrew Morgan of NASA and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos.   To source

With the Radar Altimetry Symposium underway in the Azores, Marcello Passaro joins ESA web TV to explain how satellite altimeters measure the height of the sea surface To source

Technology image of the week: ESA’s exoplanet-surveying Cheops satellite in advance of acoustic testing, simulating the extreme noise of its Soyuz launcher taking off To source

Thousands of daily passengers on the Los Angeles Metro will ride more securely with the deployment of cutting-edge ESA-patented screening technology to detect concealed weapons or explosives. To source

As ESA celebrates the 100th launch of Ariane 5 , the Agency’s worldwide ground station network is also marking ten years of providing vital tracking services to launchers soaring out of Kourou. To source