The Beyond Mission

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is about to be launched to the International Space Station from the…

Using satellite information to help rebuild after a disaster

ESA and the Asian Development Bank have joined forces to help the Indonesian government use satellite…

Vega Flight VV15 failure: Arianespace and ESA appoint an independent inquiry commission

Arianespace announced today, 11 July, 2019, the failure of Flight VV15 carrying the FalconEye1 satellite. This…

Flight VV15: Mission failure

Approximately two minutes after the Vega launcher’s liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana, a launcher…

Martian meteorite on Earth calibrates camera bound for Mars

Exhibit 0102.226 may look like just a rock, but this dark and patchy mass is actually…

Space shuttle

Technology image of the week: this driverless shuttle will soon be tested at ESA’s technical heart…

October’s ESA Open Day looks to the Moon

Come to ESA’s technical heart this October to meet veteran Apollo astronauts and hear from engineers…

Aux thrusters are GO

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Progress on the second European Service Model that…

Upside-down 3D-printed skin and bone, for humans to Mars

3D printing human tissue could help keep astronauts healthy all the way to Mars. An ESA…

3D printing skin

3D printing human tissue could help keep astronauts healthy all the way to Mars. An ESA…