Sentinel-3 second-stage separation

Sentinel-3A will be taken into orbit on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern…

LISA Pathfinder commissioning simulation

This timelapse video shows teams from ESA and Airbus Defence and Space (the prime contractor for…

Dark pools on Titan

This radar image from the Cassini orbiter shows a thin strip of surface on Saturn’s moon…

Climate change: A diagnostic from space

Beyond what our own experience may tell us, satellite technology allows scientists to get a truly…

Taoiseach at ESTEC

Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny addressing Irish ESA employees during his visit to the ESTEC technical centre…

Taking down Envisat model

The Netherlands’ Noordwijk coast lost a local landmark recently as a full-scale model of Europe’s largest…

Taking down Envisat model

The Netherlands’ Noordwijk coast lost a local landmark recently as a full-scale model of Europe’s largest…

The ExoMars 2016 Schiaparelli module in Baikonur

On 14 March, the launch window opens for ExoMars 2016, ESA’s next mission to Mars, composed…

Preview 2016

2016 will be another full and exciting year for the European Space Agency. This ESA TV…

Northern lights

ESA organises regular rocket launches together with the Swedish Space Corporation from northern Sweden in Esrange,…