International Space Station

The Multipurpose End-To-end Robotics Operations Network (Meteron) is a European project to prepare for human-robotic missions to the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies. The project is led by ESA in partnership with NASA, DLR-the German Aerospace Center and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and is organised around a series of experiments, testing technologies and adapting traditional ways of working.

ESA has signed two contracts with European industry to develop a commercial service capable of transporting cargo to and from the International Space Station in low Earth orbit by 2030.

The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station, marking the start of a new chapter in space-based precision science.

11/11/24: Click here for up-to-date information on the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space.ESA PR 31-2009 Today at the Paris headquarters of the French space agency (CNES), Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, and Thierry Duquesne, CNES Director for Strategy, Programmes and International Relations, signed an agreement that paves the way for the launch of a high-accuracy atomic clock to be attached to the outside of the European Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Nature's fireworks from space

Europe at night from space

This is not static noise

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim operates European robots from the International Space Station