New era for New Norcia deep space antenna

The 35-m deep space antenna in New Norcia, Western Australia, is being looked after by a…

Ariane 5 launchers with science missions onboard

If it wasn’t for launch capabilities we would never have delved deep into the echo of…

Space19+

Find out what’s on the table at Space19+ where ESA Member States will take decisions on…

Mars on Earth – what next?

A Mars Sample Return campaign would bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth for…

The radiation showstopper for Mars exploration

An astronaut on a mission to Mars could receive radiation doses up to 700 times higher…

Bucking the trend

This luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. As this latter…

Earth from space: El Salvador

In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over El…

El Salvador

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Salvador, the smallest and most densely populated country…

ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin

On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An…

ExoMars – Testing locomotion

The ExoMars mission will see Rosalind Franklin the rover and its surface platform Kazachok land on…