Highly impactful: 10 facts about ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission

Europe’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission is set to become humanity’s first mission to a double asteroid,…

Dawn of Asteroid Day

Technology image of the week: ESA's Asteroid Impact Mission next to its target, to mark Thursday's…

AIM at Didymos

ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission and its twin CubeSats, with its microlander in place on the…

Rosetta status

Rosetta has another three months of science to collect before its historic mission comes to an…

Pedro Duque CAVES

ESA astronaut Pedro Duque during ESA's underground astronaut training course CAVES, June 2016. CAVES stands for…

CAVES 2016 cavescape

Astronauts and trainers admire the cave formation during ESA's underground astronaut training course CAVES, June 2016.…

CAVES 2016 tight crawl

Astronauts squeeze through a tight spot during ESA's underground astronaut training course CAVES, June 2016. CAVES…

Underground and wet

Astronauts from five space agencies around the world are taking part in ESA’s CAVES training course–…

Cavenauts 2016 underground

Astronauts on ESA's 2016 underground training course CAVES pose for a picture in the Sos Jocos…

Testing Schiaparelli’s parachute

This is a test version of the parachute that will slow the Schiaparelli entry, descent and…