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May 16th, 2026 03:22:00 EDT -0400 Vega-C with Smile inside its mobile hangar on the launch pad
 Vega-C with Smile inside its mobile hangar on the launch pad
May 15th, 2026 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Quito’s volcanic landscape
 This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, gives us a glimpse of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, sprawling for 40 km along this high-altitude valley in the Andes.
May 15th, 2026 03:06:00 EDT -0400 A Lyrid meteor from orbit

The Expedition 74 crew on the International Space Station turned into meteor chasers as Earth passed through a cloud of dust and small debris left behind by comet Thatcher in 1861.  

Each year in mid-April, as some of these fragments enter Earth’s atmosphere, heating up and leaving a bright trail behind them, humankind looks up – or down, in the case of the Station’s crew – to catch of glimpse of these shooting stars.  

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot set up a camera to automatically record thousands of images in the hope of catching a shooting star, an elusive event that often lasts only a fraction of a second. She successfully captured two on camera, and the images were combined into a timelapse, offering a beautiful, if accelerated, view of Earth at night from orbit.  

“In scientific terms, a shooting star is actually a meteor: a tiny fragment of rock or dust from space that disintegrates as it enters Earth’s atmosphere, after travelling astronomical distances. For those with their heads full of dreams, seeing a shooting star often feels like the perfect moment to make a wish… just in case!” says Sophie. 

The brightest meteors, which can appear to tear across the sky, are known as bolides. The colour of their trail depends both on the chemical composition of the meteoroid and on the altitude at which the phenomenon occurs. 

The next meteor showers, visible both from the ground and orbit, are the ongoing Eta Aquariids and the Perseids, which peak in mid-August. 
May 13th, 2026 04:49:00 EDT -0400 Corinne Barker: studying effects of lunar dust
 Corinne Barker: studying effects of lunar dust
May 13th, 2026 05:00:00 EDT -0400 A view from above: Shalbatana Vallis on Mars
 A view from above: Shalbatana Vallis on Mars
May 8th, 2026 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Greenland's changing ice
 Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
May 7th, 2026 03:43:00 EDT -0400 Sensitive and sturdy
 Sensitive and sturdy
May 6th, 2026 06:00:00 EDT -0400 Location of star-forming region in M51
 Location of star-forming region in M51
May 4th, 2026 11:14:00 EDT -0400 New dawn, new possibilities... 16 times a day!

This picture was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:

Day 080, orbit 1241 — New dawn, new possibilities… 16 times a day! From orbit, just like on Earth, each sunrise and sunset is a quiet reminder of how dynamic and beautiful our planet is. At sunrise, the deep black of night gives way to fiery reds, warm oranges and the thin blue line of our atmosphere. 

No two sunrises are ever the same, depending on the clouds, their shapes, and whether we’re flying over ocean or land… I can’t help but think of the way Monet or Van Gogh studied light… how much they would have loved this view!

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Jour 080, orbite 1241 — Nouvelle aube, nouvelles perspectives… 16 fois par jour ! Depuis l’orbite, comme c’est aussi le cas sur Terre, chaque lever et coucher de Soleil rappelle combien notre planète est belle et dynamique. À l’aube, le noir profond de la nuit laisse place à des rouges flamboyants, des oranges chaleureux, et à la fine ligne bleue de notre atmosphère.

Aucun lever de Soleil ne se ressemble vraiment : tout dépend de la couverture nuageuse, de la forme des nuages, et du fait que l’on survole les océans ou les continents… Impossible de ne pas penser à la manière dont Monet ou Van Gogh ont étudié la lumière… qu’ils auraient adoré cette vue !
April 30th, 2026 07:30:00 EDT -0400 The great parachute bake-out
 The great parachute bake-out
April 28th, 2026 08:54:00 EDT -0400 Ariane 6 lifts off for flight VA268
 Ariane 6 lifts off for flight VA268
April 30th, 2026 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood
 Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood
April 29th, 2026 08:07:00 EDT -0400 Mekong River, Cambodia
 Mekong River, Cambodia
April 29th, 2026 09:40:00 EDT -0400 Team preparing the plasma wind tunnel
 Team preparing the plasma wind tunnel
April 27th, 2026 12:05:00 EDT -0400 Lanzarote, Spain
 Lanzarote during mission εpsilon