Image: With the festive season approaching, even Earth-observing satellites are getting into the spirit, capturing a stunning compilation of European cities that resemble stars. To source
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Second Ariane 6 at Europe’s Spaceport
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Aurora Australis in Antarctica
Image: The southern lights at Concordia station in Antarctica To source
Cosmic jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of M78
Video: 00:01:22 An ethereal dance of misty clouds of interstellar dust with a myriad of distant stars and galaxies speckled like paint drops over a black canvas. This is a sonification of a breathtaking image taken by ESA’s Euclid space telescope of the young star-forming region Messier 78. The sonification offers a different representation of […]
Vega contracts for future operations and development
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330th ESA Council: Media information session
Video: 00:52:44 Watch the replay of the media information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) update journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting, held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 17 and 18 December 2024. To source
Dreaming of a white Christmas – on Mars
Step into the holidays with this picturesque ‘winter wonderland’ scene at the south pole of Mars, captured by ESA’s Mars Express. To source
ESA 2024 Highlights: flight of the Ariane 6
Video: 00:11:10 In 2024, ESA continued to drive Europe’s innovation and excellence in space, equipping the continent with advanced tools and knowledge to address global and local challenges. The year saw pioneering missions, cutting-edge satellites and the pivotal restoration of Europe’s independent access to space. The first Ariane 6 launch was perhaps ‘the’ highlight of […]
Fit for service: Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator
Image: Fit for service: Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator To source
Submarines for space exploration
Submarines are emerging as a unique research platform to study human adaption to extreme environments – from ocean depths to outer space. To source
ESA to support the development of EU’s secure communication satellites system
A multi-orbit constellation of about 300 satellites that will deliver resilient, secure and fast communications for EU governments, European companies and citizens will be put in orbit after two contracts were confirmed today in Brussels. To source
Earth from Space: Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland
Image: These summer images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 missions showcase different satellite views of Greenland’s west coast. To source
Growing a business: from apps to software for space on Proba-3
A key element of ESA’s role as Europe’s space agency is the expansion of space knowhow, by encouraging new actors into the field. Case in point: a Polish software company previously specialising in smartphone apps took on the challenge of designing the operating system for the main instrument of Proba-3 – an ambitious double spacecraft […]