Crew-3 launch to the Space Station

Image: ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronaut Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron liftoff…

Alpha: a return to Earth in one minute

Video: 00:01:28 After 199 days in space, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet left the International Space Station…

Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite given the shakes

A new satellite destined to be Europe’s prime mission for monitoring and tracking carbon dioxide emissions…

Crew-3 walkout for launch

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronaut NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron…

European software-defined satellite starts service

A telecommunications satellite that can be reprogrammed in-orbit, offering unprecedented mission reconfiguration capacity, has successfully passed…

Interview with Thomas Pesquet on return to Earth a second time

Video: 00:04:56 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet gives a brief interview in Cologne, Germany, less than 48…

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet arrives in Europe after 199 days in space

After 199 days in space, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet left the International Space Station together with…

Astronaut training in the land of volcanoes

A team of astronauts, engineers and geologists is travelling to Spain’s Canary Islands, one of Europe’s…

Satellites detect large methane emissions from Madrid landfills

High-resolution satellites have detected substantial quantities of methane leaking from adjacent landfill sites close to the…

Thomas back in Cologne

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet talks to the press after he arrives in Cologne, Germany, on 9…