Thumbs up

Spacecraft operations manager Peter Schmitz gives the thumbs up in the main control room at ESA’s…

Proba-1 view of Lena River Delta

An icy close-up view of part of Russia’s Lena River Delta acquired by ESA’s veteran Proba-1…

Satellites to spot drones and guide cyclists

A space-age system for detecting drones took home the grand prize in this year’s European Satellite…

Waiting for exams

Dressed in their Sokol suits, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky and ESA astronaut…

Light through darkness

Opto-electronics engineer Clemens Hesse explains how ESA's Asteroid Impact Mission will shine a laser back to…

Thomas Pesquet training at Star City

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from France has recently been in  training at Star City, near Moscow,…

ESA Euronews: ExoMars at Mars

Scientists and engineers on the ExoMars project had their hearts in their mouths as the ExoMars…

Matthias, Luca and Pedro

From left: Eurocom Matthias Maurer, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and ESA astronaut Pedro Duque inspect a…

Paxi at the Drop Your Thesis Campaign

Fred and Louis, who have been helping the Drop Your Thesis! 2016 teams during the campaign,…

Pangaea: exploring planetary geology

ESA is now training astronauts in identifying planetary geological features for future missions to the Moon,…