Galileo moves forward

The GalileoSat development and in-orbit validation phase is well under way and the European Space Agency…

Space tech captures toxic micro-organisms

Sophisticated technology developed to ensure clean air for astronauts onboard space stations is now used in…

Space researchers gather in Paris

At the invitation of ESA and CNES, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) is holding its…

The Risk From Near-Earth Objects

On 9 July 2004, the Near-Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel recommended that ESA place a high…

Saturn’s moon Iapetus

Below is a link to a ‘raw’, or unprocessed, image of Saturn’s ‘yin-yang’ moon Iapetus taken…

Telemedicine via satellite

ESA is one step nearer to establishing a Telemedicine via Satellite Programme thanks to a constructive…

Night of the Astronauts

As part of German Space Day activities, ESA is organising a ‘gala’ night on 17 September…

EADS Space Transportation

On 13 July ESA and EADS Space Transportation signed a 1 billion Euro contract which allows…

Northern rim of Martian Hellas basin

These images of the rim of the Hellas basin on Mars were obtained by the High…

Listening to Vega

On a humid day in June, with a temperature similar to that at Europe’s Spaceport in…