Ensuring quality for Ariane

Ariane 5’s powerful solid rocket booster is the largest produced in Europe generating 700 tonnes of…

Rosetta’s final path

Animation of Rosetta’s final trajectory in the last 10 days of its mission at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.…

Rosetta’s last orbits around the comet

Animation of Rosetta’s trajectory over the last two months of its mission at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The…

Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde

Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit ESA Business Incubation Centre Wallonia Redu 

Healthcare tech

The Diamond Light Source presents the results of their research into healthcare technology to British ESA…

Door to the future

Technology image of the week: A vintage view of a pivotal element of ESA’s test centre…

Drone inspection

In September 2016, the team at ESA’s deep-space tracking station at Cebreros, near Madrid, Spain, ran…

Cebreros drone

Earlier this month, the team at ESA’s deep-space tracking station at Cebreros, near Madrid, Spain, ran…

CleanSat disposal essential for swelling satellite population

In the decade to come, many hundreds of satellites are due to be launched into the…

LEAF door during construction

A vintage view of a pivotal element of ESA’s test centre in the Netherlands: this is…