Bushfires rage in Australia

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured the multiple bushfires burning across Australia’s east coast. Around 150…

Space Talks 2019: bringing space to you

The second series of European Space Talks concluded on 31 October, in a campaign that gave…

Beyond timelapse: spacewalk preparation

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano describes tape as a “humble but versatile tool”. In this timelapse, he…

Watch live: first #SpacewalkForAMS

Tune in to ESA Web TV from 12:50 CET (11:50 GMT) this Friday 15 November to…

ESA’s Mars orbiters did not see latest Curiosity methane burst

In June, NASA’s Curiosity rover reported the highest burst of methane recorded yet, but neither ESA’s…

Aircraft nose job assessed in Hertz chamber

Image: ESA test facilities can test more than just space hardware: here, the 2.0m-diameter nose of…

Proba-2 watches Mercury transit

Video: 00:00:27 ESA’s Proba-2 had a ring-side seat for the transit of Mercury on 11 November…

Message to Paxi and Shaun from Luca Paaaaarmitano

The adventures of Shaun the Sheep have reached the International Space Station and ISS commander, Luca…

ESA missions team up to map cosmic rays across Solar System

ESA spacecraft dotted across the inner Solar System performed a census of deep-space radiation during an…

Leading the way

Image: Four spacewalks in the coming weeks means a lot of prep work. ESA astronaut Luca…