ESA – CELESTE pre-launch media briefing

Watch the replay of the CELESTE pre-launch media briefing. The briefing covered the mission details of the…

Former NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps visits ESTEC

Last month, retired NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps visited ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s technical centre in…

Sophie Adenot shares an inspiring message from the ISS for International Women’s Day

[EN] “Believe in your dreams, believe in yourself, and believe in that little nothing, that εpsilon, that…

Fireball over Europe, 8 March 2026

At approximately 18:55 CET (17:55 UTC) on Sunday 8 March 2026, a very bright fireball moving…

Smile arrives in French Guiana

Following a two-week journey from the Netherlands, the Maritime Nantaise Colibri cargo ship carrying the Smile spacecraft docked in Kourou, French…

From space to your plate

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot holds a cartridge filled with a white emulsion of oil and water.…

Earth from Space: Dhaka, Bangladesh

These two views from Copernicus Sentinel-2 reveal the landscape transformation in the area around Dhaka, the…

ESA – James Webb Space Telescope spots faint asteroid 2024 YR4

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope successfully observed the extremely faint near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 (circled…

Through the Cupola: Sophie Adenot photographs Earth from orbit

Sophie Adenot takes photographs of Earth from inside the Cupola aboard the International Space Station. Floating in microgravity,…

Preparing first Ariane 6 with four boosters and liftoff

Timelapse showing the steps to build the most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket on…