The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off Aug. 25, 2025, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Blood Moon Over Concordia
This composite shows the total lunar eclipse of Sept. 8, 2025, as seen from Concordia Station in Antarctica.
First Glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder Data
Despite this new satellite only being in orbit for three weeks and the commissioning is at a very early stage, its Microwave Sounder (MWS) and Radio Occultation (RO) sounder are already returning early “first glimpse” data, marking a significant milestone in a new era of European weather and climate monitoring.
Extent of Arctic Permafrost 1997 and 2021
The animation shows the difference in the extent of Arctic permafrost in 1997 compared to 2021.
Tracking the Climate-Driven Shift in Antarctic Plankton From Space
A study using satellite observations provides evidence for a climate-induced shift in the seas surrounding Antarctica that could have effects that ripple through the marine food web—and an impact on the Southern Ocean’s role as a carbon sink.
European Metop-SG Satellite Launched
From tracking air pollution and greenhouse gases to forecasting extreme weather, the new European Metop-SG satellite, launched from Kuru, French Guyana, on Aug., 12, 2025, is a game-changer for our understanding of climate change.
TRACERS Launched to Study Earth’s Magnetic Shield
On July 23, 2025, NASA successfully launched its Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.
Wildfires Burn in Northern Portugal
Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured wildfires burning in northern Portugal on July 30, 2025.
Earth from Space: Circles in the Desert
This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.
Bahia Blanca Estuary in Argentina
Φsat-2, a miniature satellite, delivers science data using algorithms to efficiently process and compress Earth observation images as well as detect wildfires, ships, marine pollution and more.
