Experiment and innovate on our spacecraft

We provide the spacecraft, the tools and some funding. Your job? Come up with innovative experiments…

Get funded to fly your experiment in space

Space is an expensive business. Missions are planned years in advance, designed with a specific job…

AI and space experts’ challenge: source space debris and recreate asteroid smash

Machine-learning and AI specialists are invited to compete alongside space engineers in a pair of challenges…

Sourcing space debris and surveying asteroid smash: challenges for AI & space experts

Machine-learning and AI specialists are invited to compete alongside space engineers in a pair of challenges…

A European in space – Thomas Pesquet in May

With ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet in space for his first full month, let’s look at what…

Pilote timelapse

Timelapse video made during ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s second mission to the International Space Station, “Alpha”.…

Week in images: 31 May – 04 June 2021

Week in images: 31 May – 04 June 2021 Discover our week through the lens …

Moon habitat blueprint at Venice Biennale

A detailed concept for a lunar habitat, created by one of the world’s leading architectural firms…

Life Beyond Earth: Venice Biennale lunar habitat video

A detailed concept for a lunar habitat, created by one of the world’s leading architectural firms…

ExoMars rover twin begins Earth-based mission in ‘Mars Terrain Simulator'

The replica ExoMars rover that will be used in the Rover Operations Control Centre to support…