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Space Science Image of the Week: Our Solar Orbiter spacecraft is undergoing a series of tests ahead of launch early next year To source

Look again at that Space Station. That’s there. That’s home for a crew of six astronauts. That’s us too. On it every human being lives out their lives, performs science and maintains the spacecraft with the support of a whole team on Earth. To source

A high-resolution radar mission to Earth’s ‘evil twin’ Venus, a spacecraft to detect the most powerful explosions in the Universe and an observatory for the cool, dusty cosmos to investigate the origins of stars: ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility has performed feasibility studies of contending candidates for the fifth medium class mission in the Agency’s Cosmic […]

How do you build a spaceship? It’s not easy, because space is risky – but potential payoffs are vast. ESA’s track record allows us to manage that risk, balancing it with chances for rich rewards To source

ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, was recently declared ready to fly after completing a series of final spacecraft tests. To source

New Space, quest for innovation and integrated applications, new business models, global challenges: this is the scenario that the ESA Education programme is now even more equipped to address with the inauguration of Galaxia, the new permanent ESA training and learning facility in Belgium. To source

Our week through the lens: 25 – 29 March 2019 To source

Discover ESA is a colourful journey through ESA’s activities and space missions. The brochure, which is available in six languages, includes an attractive space poster To source

Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-1 takes us over the narrow strait that separates Europe and Asia To source

In this edition, we take a look at the narrow strait that connects eastern Europe to western Asia: the Bosphorus in northwest Turkey To source