Hera: Target Deimos
ESA's Hera's spacecraft's 12 March 2025 flyby of Mars brings it just 300 km from Deimos, the smaller and further distant of the planet's two moons. Deimos orbits 20 068 km away from the surface of ...
Hera Mars flyby
On 12 March 2025 ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. Mars's gravity will shift the spacecraft's trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its ...
Earth from Space: Tirana, Albania
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Albania's capital Tirana and its surroundings.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more.The area ...
Nord Stream methane leak far bigger...
The methane emitted in 2022 by the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines was more than double the volume estimated at the time, according to a study published in Nature.The leak is among the biggest ever ...
Earth from Space: Maha Kumbh Mela...
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, the world's largest human gathering, which took place in the city of Prayagraj in northern India.Recognised by Unesco in ...
Earth from Space: Tokyo, Japan
This Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar image shows Tokyo and its metropolitan area, the largest urban agglomeration in the world.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution.Japan's capital ...
Solar Orbiter ready for close...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far.Today's flyby will be the first to significantly ?tilt' the ...
Earth from Space: Heart of Mount St...
For Valentine's Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission picks out a heart in the landscape north of Mount St Helens in the US state of Washington.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
Forest mission on show
After years of meticulous development, ESA's next Earth Explorer satellite, Biomass, is ready to be packed up for transport to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will launch aboard a ...
Earth from Space: Snow-capped Swiss Alps
The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024.Extending some 1200 km, the Alps occupy an area of about 200 000 sq km ...
