Galileo satellites fixed to dispenser

Two of the four Galileo satellites are shown after their installation on the multi-passenger dispenser system,…

Materials make the space mission

Tommaso Ghidini, Head of ESA’s Materials Technology section Materials make the space mission: manufacturing materials and…

Tommaso Ghidini: Materials make the space mission

Space is a not a single environment, but many: so the manufacturing materials and processes used…

Coating to help Europe’s telecom satellites keep their cool

A surface coating originally developed for medical implants is set to safeguard the next generation of…

Mars in Lanzarote

ESA’s Matthias Maurer with ESA astronauts Luca Parmitano and Pedro Duque on a field trip for…

A sinister-looking aurora over Iceland

This whirling, twisting skyscape is an arresting and somewhat intimidating sight – a perfect Halloween Space…

Drop Your Thesis! 2016 – STAR team

STAR team from University of Padova during the 2016 Drop Your Thesis! programme launch campaign at…

Drop Your Thesis! 2016 – Breakteam

Break team from Queen Mary University of London and University of Seville during the 2016 Drop…

Earth from Space: Putorana Plateau

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the…

Putorana Plateau, Siberia

Sentinel-2A brings us over the snowy landscape of the Putorana Plateau in northern Central Siberia. The…