Launch of ESA’s Celeste mission 1

At 10:14 CET on 28 March, the first two satellites of ESA’s Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission…

What is Smile about to discover?

What really happens when the Sun’s charged particles slam into Earth’s magnetic shield?  Smile is about…

ESA – Celeste liftoff

At 10:14 CET on 28 March, the first two satellites of ESA’s Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission…

Liftoff for Celeste on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket

The first two Celeste satellites lifting off from Rocket Lab’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand on…

The ART of robotics training

ESA astronaut reserve member Meganne Christian from the UK during a robotics and virtual reality training…

Where spiral arms and star formation meet

A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486…

How Europe will power the journey to the Moon and back

Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon and safely home. At the core of the…

Earth from Space: Kimberley, Australia

Western Australia’s Kimberley region is featured in this double view from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The…

Plato’s launch on Ariane 6

The European Space Agency’s mission Plato is set to launch at the beginning of 2027 on…

ESA – We’re going to the Moon

For the first time in over 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon. This…