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During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration. Four ‘aquanauts’, including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA’s 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the […]

With the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite fully fledged and its data freely available, the task of monitoring and understanding our changing planet has been made that much easier. Seeing the effect spring has on our plant life is just one of its many uses. To source

ESA’s Mercury spacecraft has passed its final test in launch configuration, the last time it will be stacked like this before being reassembled at the launch site next year. To source

All eyes are on Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf as a deep crack continues to cut across the ice, leaving a huge chunk clinging on. When it eventually gives way, one of the largest icebergs on record will be set adrift. Even before the inevitable happens, ESA’s CryoSat mission can reveal some of the future […]

Technology image of the week: Drone testing inside ESA’s Hertz radio chamber To source

Human spaceflight image of the week: Citizen scientists help to grow crops in space To source

Watch Thursday’s media briefing on our mission to Mercury, 09:00 GMT (11:00 CEST). Ask questions on Twitter via #askESA To source

Find out everything about ESA’s Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 8 October, including how to register to attend To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Cassini is half way through a series of daring dives between Saturn and its rings To source

Our week through the lens: 26-30 June 2017 To source

Earth observation image of the week: the Vanuatu archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Technology image of the week: 3D-printed models of planetary bodies used for testing guidance and navigation systems To source

An Ariane 5 carrying two telecom satellites inside a new lighter fairing lifted off on the fourth mission from Europe’s Spaceport in two months. To source