ESTEC, at your service

How could your business make use of the unique labs and test resources of ESA's technical…

Fit for Mars

Rovers are versatile explorers on the surface of other planets, but they do need some training…

Fit for Mars

Rovers are versatile explorers on the surface of other planets, but they do need some training…

Metalscape

Technology image of the week: this colourful microscopic view shows where two different metal 3D printing…

Metalscape

Technology image of the week: this colourful microscopic view shows where two different metal 3D printing…

Crossing our Sun

Humankind's most distant outpost was recently captured crossing the face of our enormous and gleaming Sun.…

Crossing our Sun

Humankind's most distant outpost was recently captured crossing the face of our enormous and gleaming Sun.…

Electron backscatter diffraction view of hybrid 3D-printed metal part

A colourful microscopic view of a single piece of space-quality Inconel super alloy processed using two…

Electron backscatter diffraction view of hybrid 3D-printed metal part

A colourful microscopic view of a single piece of space-quality Inconel super alloy processed using two…

Timing is everything

Einstein predicted that time slows down the faster you travel and the time-dilation hypothesis has since…