ESA – Hera’s High Gain Antenna

ESA’s Hera spacecraft during preparation for EMC testing inside the Maxwell chamber. Note Hera’s 1.13-m diameter…

Time to build zero-debris satellites

Space Safety 26/06/2024 33 views 1 likes ESA is committed to deliver on the promise of…

Mixing realities for lunar exploration

ESA’s extended reality (XR) lab at the European Astronaut Centre uses virtual, augmented and mixed reality…

Packing the Arctic Weather Satellite

Packing up ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite for shipment from OHB’s facilities in Sweden to the Vandenberg…

ESA – EarthCARE highlights

ESA’s EarthCARE satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force…

Seeing both sides of the Sun at once

This video shows the Sun as seen from Earth orbit by ESA’s Proba-2 mission on the…

Solar plasma flying through the Solar System

This simulation shows how charged particles (plasma) from the Sun, blasted out on 20 May 2024,…

Coronal mass ejection on 27 May 2024

On 27 May 2024, the hyperactive sunspot region AR3664 announced its return to the Sun’s side…

327th ESA Council : Media information session at ESA HQ

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun brief journalists on decisions taken…

Hypersonic meeting at the European Astronaut Centre

Discussion session during a two-day workshop in Germany earlier this spring as a platform to bring…