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The Lunar Link team at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France.

Science & Exploration

Lunar Link complete and ready for a new adventure

20/10/2026 472 views 11 likes

Science & Exploration

Science and technology for the Moon

19/10/2026 401 views 9 likes

Earth sets above the lunar horizon during Artemis II

Science & Exploration

Small lunar missions, big ambitions

16/10/2026 449 views 9 likes

Mars rover rolls down the ramp

Science & Exploration

ExoMars rover twin rehearses first drive

12/10/2026 1256 views 9 likes

Installing PASTA-3 in FSL

Science & Exploration

Farewell to the Fluid Science Laboratory after 18 years in …

09/10/2026 661 views 12 likes

Mars rover meets desert

Science & Exploration

European rover trains for Mars in the desert

06/10/2026 2999 views 48 likes

Science & Exploration

Shaping Europe’s future in low Earth orbit

30/09/2026 1006 views 8 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

Happy New Year on Mars

30/09/2026 29999 views 379 likes

Artist's impression of a potential European-led orbital station

Science & Exploration

ESA investigates potential future European-led orbital outp…

29/09/2026 2786 views 36 likes

Science & Exploration

How ESA astronauts return from space

28/09/2026 978 views 12 likes

Astronauts explore ancient volcano in Lanzarote

Science & Exploration

One geology step closer to the Moon

28/09/2026 1248 views 36 likes

A render of MAGPIE, ESA's first lunar rover, on the Moon

Science & Exploration

ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward

02/09/2026 4663 views 65 likes

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during EVA-97

Science & Exploration

Watch Sophie Adenot’s second spacewalk live

21/08/2026 18554 views 54 likes

Artemis II astronauts visit the ESA workforce at ESTEC in the Netherlands.

Science & Exploration

Artemis II astronauts visit ESA

14/07/2026 4911 views 78 likes

Sophie testing E4D's resistance training in space

Science & Exploration

New European exercise device begins testing with first rope…

08/07/2026 4127 views 10 likes

Through the Cupola: Sophie Adenot photographs the Solar Array Wings

Science & Exploration

Supporting εpsilon from Earth

02/07/2026 833 views 4 likes

Navigating an underground river

Science & Exploration

The space under

01/07/2026 1602 views 11 likes

The Artemis III crew was announced by NASA on 9 June 2026

Science & Exploration

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano joins NASA’s Artemis III missi…

09/06/2026 12043 views 73 likes

Mars vast clay region

Science & Exploration

ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

04/06/2026 4982 views 60 likes

Group photo with the members of ESA's astronaut reserve in the training hall of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre .

Science & Exploration

ESA astronaut reserve completes training programme

21/05/2026 3435 views 28 likes

SOLIS100 isolation study crew

Science & Exploration

SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany

23/04/2026 9848 views 69 likes

Science & Exploration

Artemis II: splashdown

11/04/2026 9347 views 98 likes

Light hits graphene aerogel

Science & Exploration

Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

07/04/2026 5936 views 39 likes

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Science & Exploration

Artemis II mission begins

02/04/2026 46765 views 296 likes

The Artemis II rocket at its launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Artemis II launch

31/03/2026 290366 views 760 likes

ESA engineer Luca Fossati in Orion's Mission Evaluation Room in an Artemis II simulation

Science & Exploration

European eyes on Artemis

31/03/2026 6968 views 73 likes

Dividing Earth and Moon

Science & Exploration

European Service Module engines powering Artemis II

30/03/2026 27278 views 257 likes

Arnaud Prost during VR robotics training

Science & Exploration

ESA’s astronaut reserve begins final training block

27/03/2026 1126 views 16 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

The radiation paradox: why solar maximum is the safest time…

09/03/2026 5350 views 68 likes

Crew-12 inside the International Space Station

Science & Exploration

Official start of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s εpsilon mis…

14/02/2026 5317 views 58 likes

εpsilon launch

Science & Exploration

Successful lift-off for Crew-12 on 13 February 2026

13/02/2026 1829 views 6 likes

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Crew-12 launch and docking

10/02/2026 19103 views 117 likes

Crew-12 in front of a SpaceX booster

Science & Exploration

Crew-12 readies for launch

07/02/2026 2040 views 19 likes

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 7171 views 95 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 1915 views 22 likes

Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

Science & Exploration

Legs made for a Mars landing 

21/01/2026 6193 views 39 likes

Sophie Adenot exercising on E4D

Science & Exploration

Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

16/01/2026 6831 views 68 likes

Tree planting for εpsilon

Science & Exploration

From roots to rocket

05/01/2026 2772 views 70 likes

Science & Exploration

20 years in Antarctica

15/12/2025 4899 views 44 likes

New ESA connection to advance robotics for lunar exploration

03/12/2025 1677 views 28 likes

Science & Exploration

Argonaut lunar lander family grows

20/11/2025 4453 views 38 likes

3D-printed space metal under microscope

Enabling & Support

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

13/11/2025 5291 views 60 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 2808 views 39 likes

Mealworms for the space menu

Science & Exploration

Insects on the space menu

07/11/2025 7513 views 43 likes

ESA Astronaut Reserve receives new training patch

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase

30/10/2025 1505 views 1 likes

Training in the LUNA facilities

Science & Exploration

Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality a…

24/10/2025 4440 views 35 likes

Condensation alien

Science & Exploration

Condensation defying gravity

23/10/2025 5986 views 49 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation …

17/10/2025 2114 views 26 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

Enabling & Support

The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2728 views 26 likes

Endothelial cells

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1874 views 34 likes

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