ESA – Supporting Europes Competitiveness In Secure Connectivity

This summer, thanks to satellite connectivity from Eutelsat’s low Earth orbit constellation, OneWeb and the support…

Ramses: ESA’s mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis

Friday the 13th of April 2029 will be our lucky day. Apophis, a 375-metre-wide asteroid, will safely pass Earth…

ESA – Meganne Christian | Pinch-Me Moments & Polar Missions

Meet Meganne Christian — With a PhD in industrial chemistry and hands-on experience in extreme environments, Meganne…

ESA – Starbursting centre

The glittering galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 6951, which resides…

Earth from Space: Cyclone Errol

This wide view of Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows Cyclone Errol heading towards the coast of Western Australia. Zoom in…

This is not static noise

Resembling static noise on an old TV, light scatters through a gel in space. But unlike…

Completing the construction of Plato’s spacecraft

Engineers mount the sunshield and solar array module to the rest of ESA’s Plato spacecraft. The…

ESA – Plato spreads its wings

By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers recently completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission…

Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars

Dust devils are whirlwinds of dust that are blown across Mars’s surface. They are one way…

Sentinel-1D integrated on the dolly

Sentinel-1D adjustment onto the spacecraft integration trolley. Once positioned, the spacecraft was inspected to confirm its…