Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider paid a special visit to ESA’s astronaut centre in Cologne, Germany today where he expressed commitment to strengthening... more
ESA’s space power experts congratulate the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry, for their invention of lithium-ion batteries. These energy-dense, long-lasting and rechargeable batteries... more
Positive steps towards solving the problems discovered with the ExoMars mission parachutes have been taken in the last month to keep on track for the July-August 2020 launch window. more
Space YouTuber Scott Manley interviewed Franco Ongaro, ESA's Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality, as part of his trip to ESA's Open Day at ESTEC more
French podcast Les Explorateurs talks to two members of the Hera asteroid mission team, manager Ian Carnelli (in French) and asteroid astronomer Alan Fitsimmons (in English) more
Exoplanet pioneer Michel Mayor, one of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics winners, met early career scientists during his recent visit to ESA in Spain more
Operations image of the week: This 32-metre antenna is undergoing an important transformation. Soon, it will be ready to communicate with spacecraft across deep space more
Spain's Xataka TV visits GMV in Madrid, where the company is testing the navigation software that will let ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence thread its way around the Didymos... more
Join the ‘next space generation’ for a digital interactive Space Talk on 8 October from 18:00 CEST, live from Paris, France, and have your say on future space activities more
The full programme brochure detailing the talks and attractions making up the ESA Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 6 October is now available here more
ESA Impact Q3 brings you magnificent images of Jupiter and Saturn, 150 million stars and science on board the Space Station. Browse the texts and videos for insights more
Three newcomers and two spacecraft make a full house in space. The population of the International Space Station rose to nine last week while European science... more
The ESA–SAP World Space Alliance continues to grow as Airbus Defence and Space, the Environmental Systems Research Institute and GeoVille join the partnership. more
Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over the junction where the Rio Negro and the Solimões river meet to form the Amazon River more
Ariane 6, Europe's next-generation launch vehicle, has passed another key development milestone. Its Vulcain 2.1 liquid-fuelled engine has now completed its qualification... more
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