Andreas Mogensen parabolic flight

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is seen here during an aircraft flight in 2010 when he enjoyed…

Space in a bottle

Inspecting a vacuum chamber in the ESA Propulsion Laboratory. ESTEC labs test candidate parts and materials for…

Explore ESTEC

ESA’s technical heart, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will open its doors to the public on Sunday…

Explore ESTEC

ESA’s technical heart, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will open its doors to the public on Sunday…

Spacewalks

During his second spacewalk in July, Esa astronaut Luca Parmitano experienced an unexpected yet extremely dangerous…

Cosmic caterpillar

This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a…

Cosmic caterpillar

This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a…

Cosmic caterpillar

This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a…

Anatolia’s central plateau, Turkey

This ALOS image was acquired over Anatolia’s dry, central plateau in Turkey. On the left side we…

Dark, dusty shells

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of PGC 10922, an example of a…