Making space smarter

An overview of how ESA is applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to future space missions

Aeolus and Vega fairing

ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite with its Vega rocket fairing in the cleanroom at Europe’s spaceport near…

Aeolus and Vega fairing

ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite with its Vega rocket fairing in the cleanroom at Europe’s spaceport near…

Fuelling specialists tend Aeolus

With liftoff less than three weeks away, ESA’s Aeolus satellite has been fuelled and is almost…

Fuelling specialists tend Aeolus

With liftoff less than three weeks away, ESA’s Aeolus satellite has been fuelled and is almost…

Horizons mission timelapse – an orbital sunrise

Orbiting Earth once every 90 minutes, the International Space Station soars into 16 sunrises and sunsets…

Grains from space

Some of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth originated very, very far away, and are…

Grains from space

Some of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth originated very, very far away, and are…

The drying of Europe

An at-a-glance comparison of European vegetation from May to July 2018, as seen from ESA's Proba-V…

The drying of Europe

An at-a-glance comparison of European vegetation from May to July 2018, as seen from ESA's Proba-V…