• → European Space Agency

      • Space for Europe
      • Space News
      • Space in Images
      • Space in Videos

    • About Us

      • Welcome to ESA
      • DG’s blog
      • For Member State Delegations
      • Business with ESA
      • Law at ESA
      • ESA Exhibitions
      • ESA Publications
      • Careers at ESA
      • ESAshop

    • Our Activities

      • Space News
      • Observing the Earth
      • Human and Robotic Exploration
      • Space Transportation
      • Navigation
      • Space Science
      • Space Engineering & Technology
      • Operations
      • Space Safety
      • Telecommunications & Integrated Applications
      • Preparing for the Future

    • Careers at ESA

    • For Media

      • Newsroom
      • ESA TV
      • Videos for professionals
      • Photos

    • For Educators

    • For Kids

    • ESA

    50 years beyond

    50 years beyond

    Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Liftoff of Soyuz MS-13 carrying ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano to the International Space Station
    Best bits of Beyond

    Best bits of Beyond

    Watch the highlights of Luca Parmitano's launch and docking to the International Space Station.
    10 million star puzzle

    10 million star puzzle

    Space Science Image of the Week: Omega Centauri, a unique star cluster, rises high in Chilean skies for ground-based observers
    We have liftoff

    We have liftoff

    Watch the replay of ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's liftoff from Baikonur cosmodrome in the Soyuz MS-13. Next stop: Space Station.
    Beyond launch full replay

    Beyond launch full replay

    Watch the full replay of Luca Parmitano being launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in a Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft.
    The Moon camera

    The Moon camera

    Hasselblad cameras are synonymous with the Apollo missions. We visited Gothenburg to find out how a Swedish camera made it to the Moon.
    Space19+ in a nutshell

    Space19+ in a nutshell

    Find out what's on the table at Space19+ where ESA Member States will take decisions on the future of Europe in space
    Archive

    Latest News

    All News
    • 23 July 2019 Second laser boosts Aeolus power
    • 23 July 2019 Space-enabled app for pilots takes to the skies
    • 22 July 2019 ExoMars radio science instrument readied for Red Planet
    • 21 July 2019 Luca Parmitano returns to the International Space Station
    • 19 July 2019 Europeans in Apollo: First flag on the Moon?
    • 19 July 2019 Shaun the Sheep completes astronaut training with ESA
    • 18 July 2019 Angelic halo orbit chosen for humankind’s first lunar out...
    • 18 July 2019 Powering the future with lunar soil

    Our missions

    All missions

    NAME

    LAUNCH

    MISSION

    Focus on

    • Space19+
      Space19+
      Space19+ESA’s plans for ‘Space19+’, the next Ministerial Council being held in Seville, Spain, 27-28 November 2019
    • DG’s blog
      DG’s blog
      DG’s blogESA Director General, Johann-Dietrich Wörner
    • Beyond mission
      Beyond mission
      Beyond missionESA astronaut Luca Parmitano’s Beyond mission to the International Space Station
    • BepiColombo
      BepiColombo
      BepiColomboEurope’s first mission to Mercury will investigate the mysteries of the least explored planet in the inner Solar System
    • Open Space Innovation Platform
      Open Space Innovation Platform
      Open Space Innovation PlatformESA's entry point for innovative ideas. Submit your ideas and change the future of space research, technology and applications
    • Downstream Gateway
      Downstream Gateway
      Downstream GatewayA 'one-stop shop' for all downstream opportunities, linking new and emerging business sectors with capabilities being developed in ESA programmes

    POPULAR TAGS

    • Space19+
    • Living Planet
    • Luca Parmitano
    • Beyond
    • Alexander Gerst
    • Sentinel
    • Bepicolombo
    • comet
    • Earth
    • Mars
    • ISS
    • Vega
    • Rosetta
    • ExoMars
    • Galileo
    • Jobs
    • Titan
    • cometlanding
    • Soyuz
    • Samantha
    • andreas mogensen
    • Thomas Pesquet
    • Paolo Nespoli
    • Phi Week
    • Vita
    • Careers
    • SMOS
    • Alphasat
    • Astronaut
    • Gaia
    • Planck
    • Spaceplane
    • Bluedot
    • Copernicus
    • Lisa Pathfinder
    • ATV
    • Principia
    • Proxima
    • ESA in your Country
    • ESA in your Country
    Österreich Österreich
    Belgique Belgique ,  België
    Česká republika Česká republika
    Danmark Danmark
    Eesti Eesti
    Suomi Suomi
    France France
    Deutschland Deutschland
    Ελλάδα Ελλάδα
    Magyarország Magyarország
    Ireland Ireland
    Italia Italia
    Luxembourg Luxembourg
    Norge Norge
    Nederland Nederland
    Polska Polska
    Portugal Portugal
    România România
    España España
    Sverige Sverige
    Suisse Suisse ,  Schweiz ,  Svizzera
    United Kingdom United Kingdom

    Latest press release

    previous

    21 July 2019 Luca Parmitano returns to the International Space Station
    • Space in images
      Space in images

      Space in images

      Space in images
    • Space in videos
      Space in videos

      Space in videos

      Space in videos

    Trending now

    Earth and an eclipsed Moon

    • IMAGE

    • Views 3423
      • Currently 4.5 out of 5 Stars.
    Earth from space: Mount Fuji

    • VIDEO

    • Views 2448
      • Currently 5 out of 5 Stars.
    15 Jul 2019Gaia’s biggest operation since launch
    Gaia’s biggest operation since launch

    • ARTICLE

    • Views 4583
      • Currently 5 out of 5 Stars.
    • ESA Shop
      ESA Shop
    • App Store
    • Subscribe
    • mobile version

    • FAQ

    • Site Map

    • Contacts

    • Terms and conditions