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Wide view of Vega-C liftoff with Smile

Vega-C liftoff with Smile up close

Vega-C liftoff with Smile exhaust

Vega-C rocket ascends to the skies with Smile

Vega-C liftoff with Smile

Vega-C shoots through the sky with a Smile

Vega-C for Smile revealed on the launch pad

Close approach of asteroid 2026 JH2

ESA and CNES renew their commitment to Europe’s Spaceport

Inspector Smile, chapter 3: the countdown begins

Vega-C with Smile inside its mobile hangar on the launch pad

Global carbon cycle

This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, gives us a glimpse of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, sprawling for 40 km along this high-altitude valley in the Andes.

Earth Action

The DFP-A instruments built for the Comet Interceptor mission

Mars Express visits Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

A view from above: Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Topographic map of Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Where on Mars is Shalbatana Vallis?

Inspector Smile, chapter 2: she’s ready

Mars’s Shalbatana Vallis in 3D

Maciej Skorupski: protecting spacecraft from reactive oxygen

Léo Fournier: identifying new space-proof materials

Corinne Barker: studying effects of lunar dust

Alex Laroche: protecting spacecraft from ice

Flash detection by MTG-LI of the widely observed fireball from 8 March 2026.

Textile material erosion after environmental testing

Sarah Krahl: detecting laser contamination

MTG-LI detection of 22 January 2026 fireball over the Gulf of Aden. The observed signal shows a gradual increase in brightness as the meteor penetrates deeper into the atmosphere, before rapidly fading as it fragments or burns up.

ESA's Genesis satellite

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander

Space Forge plasma in space

Dawn Aerospace SatDrive

The StatEO26 conference was held at ESA’s Esrin site in Italy.

Discussions on use of Earth observation data at StatEO26

This is the first time that such a conference has been organised by ESA.

The event is a major step towards the integration of Earth observation data for official statistical purposes

Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.

Vega-C complete with Smile inside

Smile arrives at the Vega-C launch pad

Smile lifted into place

A beacon of light in swirls of dust

Messier 77 (MIRI + NIRCam)

Messier 77 (NIRCam)

Sensitive and sturdy

Airship over Sodankylä

Waterbody in the boreal forest imaged from the Kelluu airship

Satellite antennas at the Sodankylä site

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