A European mission control for the martian rover

The ExoMars rover has a brand new control centre in one of Europe’s largest Mars yards.…

A unique experiment: exploring black holes with LISA and Athena

What happens when two supermassive black holes collide? In this video, ESA scientists Paul McNamara and…

From Mars to Earth

All of ESA and NASA’s orbiters provide data relay services for surface missions, which currently comprises…

Tunnel to Mars

Technology image of the week: this low pressure, low temperature ‘dirty’ wind tunnel at Denmark’s Aarhus…

‘Intelligent’ thrust for Europe’s future launchers

ESA has recently completed hot-firing tests that prove technologies in a move towards ‘intelligent’ engines to…

Science lab onboard

The miniature science laboratory that will analyse Mars soil for signs of life is packed onboard…

Martian ovens

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Cooking martian soil in the search for life. …

Ten things about Mars

Discover fascinating facts about the Red Planet and how ESA is contributing to the scientific exploration…

Getting ready for Mars – on the Space Station

From disrupted biological clocks to radiation and contamination hazards, Europe is running experiments on the International…

EU/ESA Space Council

The 9th high-level EU/ESA Space Council, with the theme ‘Space as an enabler’, will take place…