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  • Avezzano chequerboard


    Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of agricultural structures in Italy, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

  • Galileo launch replay


    Full replay of the first part of the launch transmission for Galileo satellites 9 and 10

  • Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit

    Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion today, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, atop a Soyuz launcher.

  • Galileo lifts off – replay


    Replay of liftoff of Soyuz ST-B carrying Galileo satellites 9 and 10, at 02:08 GMT, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

  • Sweeping over the south pole of Mars

    An unusual observation by Mars Express shows a sweeping view over the planet’s south polar ice cap and across its ancient, cratered highlands.

  • Watch Galileo launch


    Galileo 9 and 10 are due for launch atop a Soyuz rocket at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September). Streaming starts at 01:48 GMT (03:48 CEST).

  • Andreas in space


    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s first space experiment to purify water

  • Winners selected


    Congratulations to the very talented 12-year old artist, Tijana from Serbia, on her fantastic cosmic mosaic!

  • Galileo satellites in launch zone

    Europe’s ninth and tenth Galileo satellites have reached their launch pad, taking their position atop the vertical Soyuz launcher in readiness for Friday’s launch.

  • Science beyond fiction


    The first TEDxESA conference will take place on 11 November, hosted at ESA’s technical heart, with the theme ‘Science Beyond Fiction’

  • Slam dunk for Andreas in space controlling rover on ground

    Putting a round peg in a round hole is not hard to do by someone standing next to it. But yesterday ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen did this while orbiting 400 km up aboard the International Space Station, remotely operating a rover and its robotic arm on the ground.

  • Live: driving from ISS


    Follow ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen operating the Interact rover from space – initial force feedback test now at 1600 CEST, with rover on move at 1800

  • Cosmic billows


    Space Science Image of the Week: Planck reveals an interstellar filament and our galactic neighbours, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds