Back to school with Thomas Pesquet

Video: 00:03:32 It’s that time of year again: everyone is back to school! Like many, ESA…

Meet the Experts: Designing a space mission

Video: 00:06:25 Space missions are complex and require input from many specialists. The Concurrent Design Facility…

Week in images: 07-11 September 2020

Week in images: 07-11 September 2020 Discover our week through the lens Click…

West coast wildfires

Image: Captured on 10 September 2020, this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows thick smoke blanketing the US…

ESA Open Day going online this October

This year’s ESA Open Day at ESTEC in the Netherlands is taking place on an online…

ESA Open Day 2020 going online this October

This year’s ESA Open Day at ESTEC in the Netherlands is taking place on an online…

A pocketful of stars

Many colourful stars are packed close together in this image of the globular cluster NGC 1805, taken by…

Amazon River

Image: This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1, shows the Amazon River meandering through one of the…

Earth from Space: Amazon River

Video: 00:03:00 This week’s edition of Earth from Space features a Copernicus Sentinel-1 image of the…

Preparing for lunar exploration: Frank De Winne

To go forward to the Moon in a sustainable way, international agencies must not only develop…