Closing the loop: new Space Rider drop test

Enabling & Support 09/07/2025 104 views 0 likes In brief ESA’s reusable spacecraft Space Rider completed…

From ESA lab to a historic drone race win

Enabling & Support 08/07/2025 8 views 0 likes An autonomous drone has beaten human drone racing…

European Launcher Challenge: preselected challengers unveiled

Enabling & Support 07/07/2025 94 views 3 likes What is the European Launcher Challenge? The European…

Week in images: 30 June – 4 July 2025

Week in images: 30 June – 4 July 2025 Discover our week through the lens Source…

ESA – Brave for space

Lie down. Spin, squat, cycle. Breathe harder. Repeat. Nestled in an Alpine valley in Slovenia, a…

ESA observes interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Astronomers from ESA’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC), part of the Agency’s Planetary Defence Office, made…

ESA – Sea-surface salinity around Antarctica

Using data from ESA’s SMOS satellite, scientists have revealed a surprising shift in the Southern Ocean…

Earth from Space: Zanzibar, Tanzania

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a cloud-free image of Zanzibar and part of the eastern coast…

Earth from Space: Zanzibar, Tanzania

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a cloud-free image of Zanzibar and part of the eastern coast…

The young stars of Taurus

The subject of this week’s Hubble Picture of the Week is a reflection nebula, identified as GN 04.32.8. Reflection…