In partnership with Big City Beats, ESA’s Luca Parmitano rocks Ibiza from orbit To source
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Space symphony
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: ‘Space Station Earth’ makes its world premiere at Stockholm Culture Festival To source
ExoMars parachute testing continues
As the second ExoMars mission, comprising a rover and surface science platform, progresses towards launch next year, teams continue to troubleshoot the parachute design following an unsuccessful high-altitude drop test last week. To source
An unexpected companion
Space Science Image of the Week: Unusually large chunk of debris orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko spotted in Rosetta imagery To source
Week in images
Our week through the lens: 5 – 9 August 2019 To source
Dark meets light on Mars
ESA’s Mars Express has captured the cosmic contrast of Terra Cimmeria, a region in the southern highlands of Mars marked by impact craters, water-carved valleys, and sand and dust in numerous chocolate and caramel hues. To source
EDRS-C launched!
Ariane 5 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to place the second EDRS satellite in its planned orbit To source
Summertime
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: The International Space Station transiting the Sun To source
EDRS-C successfully launched
The second satellite to join the constellation that forms the European Data Relay System (EDRS) has been successfully launched. The satellite was launched on board an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 6 August at 21:30 CEST (19:30 UTC). To source
Watch the EDRS-C launch
Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA249 planned for today, 6 August, between 21:30 and 23:51 CEST To source
Two weeks of science and Beyond
Over two weeks have flown by since ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station for his second six-month stay in orbit. His arrival, alongside NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov, boosted the Station’s population to six and the crew has been busy ever since – performing a […]
A sphere of colour
Space Science Image of the Week: Intriguing detail is visible in this close-up shot of the Sun from ESA’s European Space Astronomy Centre To source
CryoSat conquers ice on Arctic lakes
The rapidly changing climate in the Arctic is not only linked to melting glaciers and declining sea ice, but also to thinning ice on lakes. The presence of lake ice can be easily monitored by imaging sensors and standard satellite observations, but now adding to its list of achievements, CryoSat can be used to measure […]