Rovers drive through Tenerife darkness

A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and…

Supersonic parachute testing

This parachute deployed at supersonic velocity from a test capsule hurtling down towards snow-covered northern Sweden…

Working on Tropomi

Tropomi – the most advanced multispectral imaging spectrometer to date – is carried on the Copernicus…

Bringing air pollution into focus

Sentinel-5 Precursor is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. With air pollution a…

Simplifying complexity

The flight dynamics experts working on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission meet regularly to assess…

Lisa Pathfinder end of Mission

The LISA Pathfinder mission ends on 18 July 2017 after a successful demonstration of the technology…

Insight into origin of space missions

Where do the detailed analyses underpinning new ESA space missions arise from? The Agency’s future-oriented basic…

Insight into origin of space missions

Where do the detailed analyses underpinning new ESA space missions arise from? The Agency’s future-oriented basic…

Mapping methane

Methane is one of the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases. It can enter the air from…

Science backing for formation-flying Sun-watcher Proba-3

ESA’s Science Programme has agreed to support the technology-demonstrating Proba-3, a double-satellite formation-flying mission tasked with…