Eyeing orbits from a new perspective – your PC

Ever wonder where your favourite ESA Earth observation satellites are, right now? Now that curiosity can…

International Living With a Star programme

ESA is providing the first chairman for the International Living With A Star (ILWS) programme. ILWS…

Columbia Failure investigation technical update

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), chaired by retired Admiral Harold Gehman, has taken over full…

ESA’s ARTEMIS from total loss to full recovery

In the late afternoon of Friday 31 January, a final trim manoeuvre nudged ARTEMIS into its…

Calling all students and universities

The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for innovative, imaginative ideas, concepts and technologies to enhance…

ESA maps satellite help for gorilla guardians

A joint ESA/UNESCO project to protect African gorillas with data from space is entering its second…

Agreement between ESA and the Russian Federation

Today at ESA Headquarters the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr Igor Sergeevich…

Surf the Web to see the Sun-dancing comet

Only the most dedicated of sky watchers will have seen the latest comet, called C/2002 V1…

Treaty officials assess how space could help

One international treaty official offered to a recent ESA workshop his motivation to participate in a…

Space camera blazes new terahertz trails

New imaging technology came to life when ESA’s StarTiger team captured the world’s first terahertz picture…