BepiColombo liftoff

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury lifts off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou.

Lake Disappointment, Australia

The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over Lake Disappointment in northwest Australia. Found in one of…

Earth from Space: Lake Disappointment

In this week's Earth from Space from the ESA Web TV studios, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite…

BepiColombo on the launch pad

The BepiColombo mission to Mercury sits on the launch pad at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, ahead…

BepiColombo on the launch pad

The BepiColombo mission to Mercury sits on the launch pad at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, ahead…

Horizons science – soft matter dynamics

In the absence of gravity, foams and granular materials stick together for longer. ESA astronaut Alexander…

Roll out to the launch zone

BepiColombo, inside its Ariane 5 launcher, is transferred from the Final Assembly Building to the launch…

Awaiting final countdown

After years of planning and countless hours of simulations, mission teams at ESA’s control centre in…

3D printing, up, up & away

Technology image of the week: ESA’s award-winning aerospace-quality-plastic 3D printer, designed for use in weightless space

BepiColombo stacked for launch

Video footage from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou showing the three BepiColombo spacecraft modules being 'stacked' in…