How to participate in the competition

Join the “Rosetta, are we there yet?” campaign, a photo contest to support the last leg of…

Are we there yet?

After a 10-year journey, Rosetta and Philae are impatient to arrive at their destination! Join the…

ATV education challenge

For ATV’s final flight, ESA is releasing five educational videos based on the five visionaries that lent…

Beer cooler helps measure sea temperature

A beer cooler is playing an important role in helping to make sure that satellite measurements…

Alexander Gerst in the cupola

Alexander Gerst looks through a window in the cupola.

Farewell Lutetia

This ethereal image shows a stunning sliver of large main-belt asteroid Lutetia from the viewpoint of…

Crew life: an astronaut’s dinner

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA colleagues Steven Swanson and Reid Wiseman enjoy a weightless meal on the…

Make a wish! Alexander’s first timelapse from space

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s first timelapse from the International Space Station features the first shooting star that…

Venus Express plunging into the atmosphere

After eight years in orbit, ESA’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and is preparing…

Spacewalk training

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participates in a spacewalk training session at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Samantha…