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Our week through the lens: 31 July – 4 August 2017 To source

Human spaceflight image of the week: ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli tests his muscles To source

Technology image of the week: This highly mobile jumping Nanobot is designed to make a profit on the Moon To source

This morning Arianespace launched a Vega rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites for Italy, France and Israel encased in Vega’s lighter protective fairing. To source

Each Galileo satellite must go through a rigorous test campaign to assure its readiness for space To source

A warm meal was quickly delivered by a drone from an ESA business incubator start-up to the last inhabitant in a remote village in Portugal. To source

Paolo Nespoli and crewmates arrive at the International Space Station, aboard Soyuz MS-05 To source

Paolo Nespoli, Randy Bresnik and Sergey Ryazanskiy arrive at the International Space Station To source

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 CEST). Their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft circled Earth four times to catch up with the International Space Station six hours later and the crew are now settling into […]

Our week through the lens: 24-28 July 2017 To source

Earth observation image of the week: the peninsulas and islands of the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar captured by Sentinel-2, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July To source

Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging. Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4–5 cm.   To source