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The US State of Washington is under a state of emergency following days of severe wind and rain leading to extensive flooding in parts of the state. Different satellites in orbit carry different instruments that can provide us with a wealth of complementary information to understand and to respond to flooding disasters.

Testing mini-radar to peer inside asteroid

Webb’s Ariane 5 upper stage was raised vertical in the launch vehicle integration building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

RadCube reaches out

Webb’s Ariane 5 core stage was raised vertical in the launch vehicle integration building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

Hunting for marine plastic

Lunar Lander in Dubai

Mini Earth-observer Proba-1's 20 years in orbit

Tethered satellites for propulsion without fuel

Visitors with disabilities at ESA Open Day

Hello Mercury

Lorentz test chamber at Sunday's Open Day

This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 on 30 September 2021, shows the flow of lava from the volcano erupting on the Spanish island of La Palma.

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer wearing the SpaceX spacesuit

Layered history

Gloomy moonscape for rover test

Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is performing the first combined test in preparation for the inaugural flight of Ariane 6

Space men at work

EC Commissioner Breton visits ESA-ESTEC

3D-printed lunar floor

First light from Sunstorm CubeSat

New radar images show the A-74 iceberg spinning around the western tip of the Brunt Ice Shelf, brushing slightly against it before continuing southwards.

Parts of the Mediterranean and central Europe have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, with wildfires causing devastation on the Greek island of Evia. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the extent of the burned area in the northern part of the island.

BepiColombo skims past Venus

Crater trio

This map generated using data from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows the temperature of the land surface on 2 August 2021.

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 30 July 2021, this image shows smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey.

Jupiter mission passes space vacuum test

Duneside view of ESA's technical heart

Record rainfall has caused swollen rivers to burst their banks and wash away homes and other buildings in western Europe. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission are being used to map flooded areas to help relief efforts.

Feel the force

A touch of sun

The heart of a lunar volatiles detector

The heatwave now hitting parts of western Canada and the US has been particularly devastating. This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows land surface temperature.

For Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Shoemaker Impact Structure (formerly known as Teague Ring) in Western Australia.

Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission

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