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An app that uses satellite imagery to give flight travellers an interactive, bird’s-eye view of their routes took the top prize at this year’s Space App Camp at ESA’s centre in Frascati, Italy. To source

Are you passionate about our planet and interested in how satellites help to improve everyday lives and do you share your passion via social media? Then ESA’s next SocialSpace event is for you. To source

Video: highlights of a month in space on Paolo Nespoli’s third mission To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Share your favourite memory of the Herschel space observatory as we celebrate the legacy of this extraordinary mission To source

Our week through the lens: 11-15 September 2017 To source

Follow the presentation of projects from this year’s Space App Camp via live webstream at 08:30–13:00 CEST on 18 September To source

Cassini’s last look around Saturn’s neighbourhood before concluding its 13-year journey of discovery To source

The international Cassini mission has concluded its remarkable exploration of the Saturnian system in spectacular style, by plunging into the gas planet’s atmosphere. To source

Four of the latest set of Galileo navigation satellites will be launched on Ariane 6 rockets – ESA’s first contract to use Europe’s new vehicle. To source

In the 1960s, photographs of Earth taken by the first astronauts captured the imaginations of people across the world. The pictures not only became icons for space exploration, but also the fragility of our planet. But astronauts were not the only ones with their eyes on Earth. To source

Earth observation image of the week: the southeastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Operations image of the week: ESA mission control in 2005 as data arrive from the Huygens Titan lander, relayed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft To source

Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app to track everything you eat. The trend has arrived in space: European astronauts are now logging their meals on a tablet to make sure they are […]