Location of star-forming region in M51

Astronomers have long known that understanding how star clusters come to be is key to unlocking…

Special Announcement: Lunar Gravity Campaign in Spring 2027

The 91st ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign in May 2027 will be entirely dedicated to lunar gravity. Scientific…

ESA – ESA XR Conference 2026

Every two years, the ESA XR Conference brings together professionals and experts working with Extended Reality (XR)…

Ariane 6 lifts off for flight VA268

On 30 February 2026, four P120C boosters ignited and lifted Ariane 6 to the skies, for…

This Month at ESA: April 2026

What did space deliver for Europe this month? From the Moon to low Earth orbit and…

ESA Television – Videos – 2026 – 04

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ESA – The great parachute bake-out

Carefully wrapped inside this donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter parachute about to be baked inside…

Baking a parachute for Mars

Watch ESA’s Mars chief engineer Albert Haldemann explain the sterilisation process of one of the parachutes of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin…

Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood

In this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters…

Investigating Vision Changes in Spaceflight

This picture is one of a set published by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on social media…