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From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot from France.

Science & Exploration

Crew-12, scheduled to launch on Wednesday 11 February

29/01/2026 5324 views 80 likes

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Crew-12 news conference

28/01/2026 1108 views 21 likes

Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

Science & Exploration

Legs made for a Mars landing 

21/01/2026 4336 views 38 likes

Sophie Adenot exercising on E4D

Science & Exploration

Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

16/01/2026 3191 views 62 likes

Tree planting for εpsilon

Science & Exploration

From roots to rocket

05/01/2026 2060 views 69 likes

Science & Exploration

20 years in Antarctica

15/12/2025 3289 views 38 likes

New ESA connection to advance robotics for lunar exploration

03/12/2025 1184 views 28 likes

Science & Exploration

Argonaut lunar lander family grows

20/11/2025 3340 views 37 likes

3D-printed space metal under microscope

Enabling & Support

A close-up look at the first metal part made in space

13/11/2025 2991 views 51 likes

Engineers at Airbus in Bremen install one of the shield panels on ESA's European Service Module-4

Science & Exploration

European Service Module-4 is ready to sail

10/11/2025 1859 views 37 likes

Mealworms for the space menu

Science & Exploration

Insects on the space menu

07/11/2025 5898 views 41 likes

ESA Astronaut Reserve receives new training patch

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase

30/10/2025 814 views 1 likes

Training in the LUNA facilities

Science & Exploration

Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality a…

24/10/2025 3341 views 33 likes

Condensation alien

Science & Exploration

Condensation defying gravity

23/10/2025 4723 views 48 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation …

17/10/2025 1372 views 25 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

Enabling & Support

The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 1983 views 25 likes

Endothelial cells

Enabling & Support

A cell’s-eye view of altered gravity and ageing

16/09/2025 1445 views 31 likes

Columbus laboratory

Science & Exploration

Columbus: 100 000 orbits and counting

12/09/2025 3229 views 44 likes

Deployment of largest Mars parachute on Earth

Science & Exploration

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

21/07/2025 8420 views 78 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski using the Melfi freezer

Science & Exploration

How space research is advancing health on Earth and beyond

16/07/2025 2454 views 31 likes

Ignis patch in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Ignis mission highlights

15/07/2025 4383 views 74 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski returns to Earth

11/07/2025 5347 views 30 likes

Science & Exploration

A pinch of France in space

01/07/2025 2997 views 33 likes

ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois

Science & Exploration

Belgian endive, meatballs and microgravity

13/06/2025 1192 views 18 likes

Axiom 4 crew inside Dragon

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski arrives at Internat…

09/06/2025 16542 views 141 likes

Simulated moonwalk shot

Science & Exploration

How to capture Moon landing videos – from grainy to HD

28/05/2025 4793 views 45 likes

Running on treadmill during parabolic flight

Science & Exploration

Prostheses fit to Fly!

27/05/2025 2125 views 36 likes

Night-time light emissions during blackout in Spain and Portugal

Science & Exploration

Back to light

12/05/2025 6548 views 54 likes

ESA and PLAYMOBIL join forces to inspire the next generatio…

07/05/2025 3147 views 35 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski training in Columbus

Science & Exploration

Ignis science

28/04/2025 2782 views 33 likes

Science & Exploration

ACES finds its home in orbit

25/04/2025 3428 views 45 likes

Celebrating two decades of KUBIK: ESA Astronaut André Kuipers presents at ESTEC

Science & Exploration

Celebrating 20 years of KUBIK: a cornerstone of life scienc…

25/04/2025 1088 views 20 likes

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer wears the ATLAS analogue suit inside the LUNA facility to test virtual reality headsets for future lunar training.

Science & Exploration

LUNA’s virtual leap towards the Moon

14/04/2025 2574 views 37 likes

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher welcomes industry

ESA shares space proposals with industry

07/04/2025 3613 views 46 likes

Artist view: ExoMars lander

Science & Exploration

ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landin…

30/03/2025 7739 views 63 likes

Artist's view of the Argonaut lunar lander

Science & Exploration

ESA and JAXA strengthen ties on Moon and Mars exploration

20/03/2025 4534 views 47 likes

Volunteer from third dry immersion study

Science & Exploration

Extended space dive

13/03/2025 59734 views 2914 likes

ESA Astronaut Reserve group two at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre

Science & Exploration

The ART of training – part two

07/03/2025 2222 views 19 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 21852 views 125 likes

Pierogi – the ultimate space meal

Science & Exploration

Pierogi in space

14/02/2025 28774 views 65 likes

Timelapse of hydrogel swelling

Enabling & Support

For astronaut radiation protection, just add water

06/02/2025 10097 views 102 likes

Columbus laboratory

Enabling & Support

Using AI for more reliable space missions

30/01/2025 3844 views 31 likes

Artist's view of the Argonaut lunar lander

Science & Exploration

Argonaut: a first European lunar lander

30/01/2025 11387 views 140 likes

LightShip – ESA's martian tug

Enabling & Support

Towards low-cost missions to Mars

21/01/2025 8482 views 67 likes

Science & Exploration

Snooping science on the Moon

15/01/2025 2781 views 30 likes

Science & Exploration

The ART of training

20/12/2024 3714 views 32 likes

Portuguese submarine for space research

Science & Exploration

Submarines for space exploration

17/12/2024 8063 views 51 likes

Experiment on immune system takes a sounding rocket ride

Science & Exploration

European science takes express ride into space

27/11/2024 1874 views 36 likes

AI-generated image for the banner of Space for Inspiration

Science & Exploration

Space for Inspiration: shaping new markets beyond Earth

14/11/2024 2195 views 24 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

Happy New Year on Mars

12/11/2024 24627 views 335 likes

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