Fly Your Satellite! programme

ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme is a recurring, hands-on programme designed and managed by the…

Cape Town collage

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is spending six months on the International Space Station on his Proxima…

Sloshing in space

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station to verify…

Sloshing in space

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station to verify…

From Blu-rays into orbit

Senior component engineer Andrew Barnes explains how ESA is harnessing high-performance gallium nitride technology for space

From Blu-rays into orbit

Senior component engineer Andrew Barnes explains how ESA is harnessing high-performance gallium nitride technology for space

From Blu-rays into orbit

Senior component engineer Andrew Barnes explains how ESA is harnessing high-performance gallium nitride technology for space

Shedding star

This luminous star, AG Carinae, is losing mass at a phenomenal rate. Its powerful winds reach…

The Calabash clash

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a…

The Calabash clash

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a…