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…

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…