Shoulders of giants

Human spaceflight image of the week: Expedition 52 crew remember fellow cosmonauts at Red Square in Moscow

That's a wrap

Human spaceflight image of the week: Aquanauts wrap up a 10-day underwater mission testing exploration technology.

SPAC3

Art and space enter a new dimension, with Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli

One million

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet's Facebook account has more than a million likes

50 years of spacewalks

On 18 March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform a spacewalk. Celebrate 50 years of spacewalks with this multimedia gallery

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Art and space enter a new dimension16 February 2017

Art and space enter a new dimension16 February 2017 ESA’s involvement in the world of art is entering a new dimension, thanks to the cooperation with the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, with the idea of making space activities as inclusive as possible for more of the public on Earth.

A new recruit for ESA’s astronaut corps02 February 2017

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Astronaut exhibition in Toulouse20 October 2016

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Vita: next Space Station mission name and logo24 November 2016

Vita: next Space Station mission name and logo24 November 2016 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be launched to the International Space Station next year for his third spaceflight. The name and logo for his mission were announced today. Vita stands for Vitality, Innovation, Technology and Ability and was chosen b...