This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an…
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ESA’s Gaia spacecraft leaves for retirement orbit
From 25 July 2014 to 15 January 2025, the Gaia space observatory performed high-precision measurements of…
Final commands sent to Gaia
The final commands sent to Gaia. This is the last time that the spacecraft heard from…
Proba-3 mission team in the ESEC control room
Two spacecraft flying as one – that is the goal of European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission.…
IRIDE in action: first image over Italy
Here we see a rendered animation showing the Italian Earth observation satellite, Pathfinder Hawk, capturing its…
Earth from Space: Waza National Park, Cameroon
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the striking landscape surrounding the Waza National Park in Cameroon. Zoom…
IRIDE first image over Rome
This image shows the centre of the city of Rome: on the right, the Tiber river…
Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way
For over a decade, ESA’s Gaia mission has mapped our galaxy with stunning precision—rewriting the story of the…
ESA – Arnaud Prost | Sky, Sea, Space
Meet Arnaud Prost—aerospace engineer, professional diver, and member of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve. From flying aircraft to…
Spectrum takes flight from Andøya Spaceport
On 30 March 2025 the European commercial rocket Spectrum, developed and operated by Isar Aerospace, took…