Tidying up the Columbus module

This timelapse shows ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot tidying the European Columbus laboratory aboard the International Space…

FLEX in tandem with Sentinel-3

Using cutting-edge technology, ESA’s FLEX mission is designed to reveal new insights into how plants function…

US EVA-94 preparations

Expedition 74 crewmates and NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams conducted an EVA on 18…

Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

An international research team boarded ESA’s 86th parabolic flight campaign in May 2025 with ultralight graphene…

Mars Express captures dark ash covering Mars’s Utopia Planitia

Noticeable change on Mars can take millions of years – but ESA’s Mars Express has captured a blanket…

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the…

ESA – ROSE-L radar deployment test

An important milestone has been reached in developing the upcoming Copernicus Radar Observing System for Europe…

Pointing in the (b)right direction

Attached to the top of a floating platform at the European Space Agency’s Orbital Robotics Laboratory…

ESA – Do a spacewalk

Time to monkey around! Join ESA reserve astronaut John McFall in some bear crawls and crab…

European Service Module mission control at ESTEC

The European Service Module is monitored throughout the Artemis II mission by European engineers from ESA,…