#HappyBirthday to #ESA astronaut Claudie Haigneré (13 May)! 1st French woman in space & 1st European woman on @Space_Station on #Andromède mission 2001 @ESA_fr @CNES @NASAhistory @esaspaceflight https://t.co/FVBitTvrdZ pic.twitter.com/SXNVgY0mJL — […]

On 5 May, ESA's 35 m-diameter deep-space radio dish at #NewNorcia, Western Australia, monitored the @NASAInSight spacecraft, providing critical tracking support during launch and early operations on its journey to […]

#ICYMI Northern #Europe featured in one of the first images captured by the #Sentinel3 B satellite, less than two weeks after launch.More images and info: https://t.co/gmjs5dq2y5 pic.twitter.com/nP8b07M2CA — ESA (@esa) […]

With some 250 million measurements over 6 years the #CryoSat mission has given us the most accurate #3D view ever of #Antarctica's vast ice sheet and floating ice shelves.Details: https://t.co/uAyF5HDNCc […]

Why does a volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning? Pictured above, the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting in 2013 January. Magma bubbles so hot they glowed shot away […]

An almost cloud-free #France seen by the #Sentinel3 satellite … can you spot the city where the famous @Festival_Cannes is taking place? #Cannes2018 https://t.co/XQ1HClkZDC pic.twitter.com/opQMQAKr0E — ESA EarthObservation (@ESA_EO) May […]

Our week in #space images – including crisscrossed rings at #Saturn, BepiColombo's @JAXA_MMO spacecraft at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, and northern Europe, captured by #Sentinel3 B 📷More images: https://t.co/NWyqghwznX pic.twitter.com/5VJIGsTFQE […]