Elongated cloud on Mars

Since 13 September 2018, the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on board ESA’s Mars Express has been…

Layered mound in Juventae Chasma

This striking view of layered sediments on Mars was captured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s…

Flyeye: the bug-eyed telescope monitoring our skies

As part of the global effort to hunt risky asteroids and comets, ESA is developing an…

Exoplanet surveyor

Technology image of the week: ESA’s exoplanet-characterising Cheops undergoing testing in the Maxwell chamber, which recreates…

From mission control to Mercury

In the early hours of Saturday morning, on 20 October 2018, BepiColombo left Earth on its…

Cheops in Maxwell chamber

ESA’s exoplanet-characterising Cheops satellite being prepared for electromagnetic compatibility testing inside the Maxwell chamber at ESTEC,…

Orion service module – from components to shipping

A look at the elements that make up the European service module that will provide power,…

Orion service module – from components to shipping

A look at the elements that make up the European service module that will provide power,…

Formaldehyde

Measurements gathered by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission between January and August 2018 have been averaged to…

ESA and the Sustainable Development Goals

The European Space Agency demonstrates its commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through the…