Tonga

The island of Tongatapu and the nearby smaller islands – all part of the Kingdom of…

ESA-RAL Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory

Located on the UK Space Gateway, Harwell Campus, the ESA-RAL Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory provides expertise and…

Mars navigation

In order to precisely deliver the Schiaparelli landing demonstrator module to the martian surface and then…

Shaker test of radiator panel

A radiator panel designed to ensure telecommunication satellites keep their cool in space seen during testing…

SpaceX Dragon CRS-9 chasing the ISS

An excellent early morning twilight image showing the International Space Station (thick streak) with the SpaceX…

Spacecraft materials kit – classroom demonstration video, VPR07a

This video, part of a new series of ESA teaching resources called 'Teach with space', shows…

Spacecraft materials kit – the challenge, VPR07b

This video, part of a new series of ESA teaching resources called 'Teach with space', shows…

DG opens lab

ESA Director General Jan Woerner opens the ESA-RAL Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory on Harwell Campus, UK. The…

Mars Express spies a nameless and ancient impact crater

This striking perspective view from ESA’s Mars Express shows an unnamed but eye-catching impact crater on…

Sentinel-2B in vacuum chamber

Sentinel-2B being prepared for testing in the Large Space Simulator at ESA’s technical heart in the…