ESA Open Day programme

The full programme is now available for ESA's Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 2…

The future is flat

Marco Sabbadini, Senior Antenna engineer in ESA’s Antenna and Sub-Millimetre Waves Section explains a new generation…

A universe to explore

ESA is exploring Earth’s immediate surroundings, from low-Earth orbit with the International Space Station to the…

Comet on 20 September 2016 – OSIRIS wide-angle camera

OSIRIS wide-angle camera image taken on 20 September 2016, when Rosetta was 13.7 km from the…

Windmill of dust

Mars is a dusty place and you might not think it is surprising that we regularly…

Siberia blanketed in smoke

Wildfires break out in the boreal forests of eastern Russia most summers, but 2016 has been…

ESA astronauts training for ISS mission

Thomas Pesquet from France will shortly become the last member of ESA’s 2009 astronaut class to…

Winning team

The winning team at Space App Camp 2016: Daniele De Vecchi, Nick Read, Ian Newson and…

Methane-flooded canyons on Titan

The aptly named Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is remarkably Earth-like. Its diameter is only about 40%…

Spin Your Thesis! 2016 – Achilles team

As part of ESA Education's Hands-on programmes, 4 students  from Universtity of Minho and University of…