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With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows the fire on 7 August.

Right on track: Aeolus reentry map

Andreas Mogensen during a centrifuge training session

Recycling parts for life on the Moon

Aeolus control team wraps up successful reentry operations

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the Río de la Plata estuary between Argentina and Uruguay.

Astronaut Andreas Mogensen undergoing VR training for EVA emergencies

Webb snaps detailed infrared image of actively forming stars

Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee

New Galileo station goes on duty

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights the colours of autumn over the southern part of New York state in the US.

3D-printed bend-based mechanism

Dividing Earth and Moon

Infographic: ESA Technology CubeSats, the first 10 years

Lunar solar power satellite

Reminiscent of an artist’s pallet, this striking false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features Lake Abbe in northeast Ethiopia.

Moon stance

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this image of the powerful Cyclone Mocha on 13 May 2023 as it made its way across the Bay of Bengal heading northeast towards Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Euclid pre-launch briefing complete at ESA's mission control

Testing the Lunar Equipment Support Assembly (LESA) investigation during a partial gravity parabolic flight.

Rotterdam and part of the Zeeland province in southwest Netherlands are featured in this radar image acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-1.

Last glimpse of Euclid on Earth

Eye of Euclid

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.

W-band on the run

The Zero Debris Charter

Ambassador Andreas for WILD Nature Foundation

Some of the most severe marine heat increases on Earth are occurring in the seas surrounding the UK and Ireland. Satellite measurements show that water temperatures in certain areas are above average for this time of year.

Copernicus Sentinel-3’s wide view captures the eastern edge of the Mediterranean and surrounding countries.

As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be the country’s worst fire season to date. These fires not only pose a serious threat to human life, wildlife, the environment and property, they also affect air quality.

Discharge test for launcher antenna

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Cook Strait, which separates New Zealand's North and South Islands.

Satnav from Earth to the Moon

Diving into practice

First Mars livestream: the movie

20 years and counting: Mars Express in numbers

From the Chugach Mountains on the right to the Cook Inlet on the left, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the varied landscape surrounding Anchorage, the largest and most populous city in the state of Alaska in the United States.

Trial by sound

This radar image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows the city of São Paulo and part of the homonymous state in southeast Brazil.

Mars corner

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Oslo, Norway’s capital and largest city, and host of the 2023 Global Space Conference on Climate Change, taking place on 23–25 May.

Origami heat shield: reusable for reentries

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the Japanese island of Nishinoshima, in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia.

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 8 April 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California.

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