ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, launched on Nov. 28, 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.
Eye of the Sahara
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.
Earth from Space: Branco River, Brazil
The Branco River, or Rio Branco, forms north of the area pictured here, near the city of Boa Vista and flows southwest for 775 kilometers before joining Rio Negro, a major tributary of the Amazon River.
Liftoff for Sentinel-1D
The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar images of Earth’s surface, performing in all weathers, day-and-night.
‘Hurricane Hunters’ Capture Image Inside Melissa Eye Wall
A U.S. Air Force Reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” flew through Hurricane Melissa on Oct. 27, 2025.
Hurricane Melissa Hits the Caribbean
This image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on October 26, 2025, shows the “brightness temperature” at the top of Hurricane Melissa as it barreled through the Caribbean Sea toward Jamaica, where it made landfall on Oct. 28, 2025.
IHO Special Order Standard for Seabed Mapping Accuracy Achieved
Using advanced AUV technology, Terradepth demonstrated that high-specification surveys no longer require costly, high-footprint operations.
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low
The total sea ice coverage was tied with 2008 for the 10th-lowest on record at 1.78 million square miles (4.60 million square kilometers).
Northeast Greenland National Park
Part of the icy landscape of the Northeast Greenland National Park is pictured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Lying in the North Atlantic Ocean, Greenland is the world’s largest island and is home to the Northeast...
NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of things to come as the joint mission between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) approaches full science operations later this year.
