Introducing ESA’s new astronaut Matthias Maurer

Media are invited to ESOC, ESA’s space operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, for a press conference…

Inspiring call

On 24 January, teachers and students from Ireland, Romania and Portugal were connected by video to…

Sentinel-2B

Sentinel-2B satellite at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 23 January 2017. Liftoff is set…

Soyuz VS16 raised into vertical position

Soyuz VS16 was transferred from the preparation building MIK to the Soyuz launch zone of the Europe’s…

Spacewalker’s view

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet completed his first spacewalk 13 January 2017 together with NASA astronaut Shane…

Spacewalker’s view

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet completed his first spacewalk 13 January 2017 together with NASA astronaut Shane…

A slice of Sagittarius

This stunning image, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), shows…

Launching satellites from Space Station – step one

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory to prepare a CubeSat launch – at…

Earth from Space: Big Island, Hawaii

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Explore Hawaii's…

Big Island, Hawaii

The volcanic landscape of the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago is pictured in this Sentinel-2A…