Green light for GMES Copernicus

Europe's ambitious global environmental monitoring programme will now be able to move into operation thanks to the European Parliament's approval of the multiannual financial framework budget for 2014–20. 

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Mars on Earth

Technology image of the week: Dutch students explore ESA's 'Mars Yard', designed for planetary rover testing

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At the foot of the Red Planet’s giant volcano

Hundreds of individual lava flows are seen frozen in time on the flanks of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System.

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A rounded view

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Window on the world

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CryoSat maps largest-ever flood beneath Antarctica

ESA's CryoSat satellite has found a vast crater in Antarctica's icy surface. Scientists believe the crater was left behind when a lake lying under about 3 km of ice suddenly drained.

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REACTing to a crisis

Keeping all lines of communications open during a crisis is critical – and the Dublin Fire Brigade has shown how this can be done using satellite and hybrid technologies.

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Goodbye Herschel

Space science image of the week: final view of ESA's Herschel space observatory

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