Space in a bottle

Inspecting a vacuum chamber in the ESA Propulsion Laboratory. ESTEC labs test candidate parts and materials for…

Explore ESTEC

ESA’s technical heart, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will open its doors to the public on Sunday…

Explore ESTEC

ESA’s technical heart, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will open its doors to the public on Sunday…

[release] H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI 4” (HTV4) departure from the ISS and re-entry to the atmosphere

Schedules of departure from the International Space Station (ISS) and of re-entry to the atmosphere

NASA-Led Study Reveals Industrial Soot’s Role in 1800s Glacier Retreat

A NASA-led team of scientists has uncovered strong evidence that soot from a rapidly industrializing Europe…

NASA Invites Media to Ames Science Night, Featuring the LADEE Mission

Media are invited to attend NASA Ames Science Night, featuring the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment…

Spacewalks

During his second spacewalk in July, Esa astronaut Luca Parmitano experienced an unexpected yet extremely dangerous…

NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins Available for Interviews before Space Mission

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in September, will be…

Astronaut Candidate Survival Training

The countenance of astronaut candidate Christina M. Hammock signals her success at fire-starting, a technique that…

The Exposed Pallet (EP) of the HTV4 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI’s Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC).