Fly Your Satellite! programme overview

“Fly your Satellite” is an ESA educational initiative whose focus is to have university students working directly…

Highlights 2016

2016 has been an incredible year for the European Space Agency. With astronauts visiting the ISS,…

Highlights 2016

2016 has been an incredible year for the European Space Agency. With astronauts visiting the ISS,…

Eric Wille: Catching X-rays in stacked silicon

ESA optics engineer Eric Wille explains the origin of silicon pore optics, the new optical technology underpinning…

False-colour view of galaxy M81

An important part of studying celestial objects is understanding and removing the background noise. The image…

False-colour view of galaxy M81

An important part of studying celestial objects is understanding and removing the background noise. The image…

Thomas with spacesuits

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on the International Space Station with the spacesuits he and commander Shane…

Thomas with spacesuits

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on the International Space Station with the spacesuits he and commander Shane…

ExoMars first year in orbit

An overview animation of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s expected path around Mars between October 2016…

ExoMars first year in orbit

An overview animation of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s expected path around Mars between October 2016…