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Mars vast clay region

Science & Exploration

ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

04/06/2026 2564 views 41 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 1918 views 24 likes

SOLIS100 isolation study crew

Science & Exploration

SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany

23/04/2026 7498 views 53 likes

Science & Exploration

Artemis II: splashdown

11/04/2026 8590 views 93 likes

Light hits graphene aerogel

Science & Exploration

Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

07/04/2026 5066 views 38 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 45487 views 293 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Artemis II launch

31/03/2026 288966 views 757 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 6424 views 73 likes

Dividing Earth and Moon

Science & Exploration

European Service Module engines powering Artemis II

30/03/2026 25993 views 255 likes

Arnaud Prost during VR robotics training

Science & Exploration

ESA’s astronaut reserve begins final training block

27/03/2026 861 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 4551 views 64 likes

Crew-12 inside the International Space Station

Science & Exploration

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

14/02/2026 4567 views 57 likes

εpsilon launch

Science & Exploration

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

13/02/2026 1224 views 6 likes

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Crew-12 launch and docking

10/02/2026 18327 views 117 likes

Crew-12 in front of a SpaceX booster

Science & Exploration

Crew-12 readies for launch

07/02/2026 1666 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 6710 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 1636 views 22 likes

Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

Science & Exploration

Legs made for a Mars landing 

21/01/2026 5596 views 39 likes

Sophie Adenot exercising on E4D

Science & Exploration

Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

16/01/2026 5215 views 67 likes

Tree planting for εpsilon

Science & Exploration

From roots to rocket

05/01/2026 2513 views 70 likes

Science & Exploration

20 years in Antarctica

15/12/2025 4131 views 42 likes

New ESA connection to advance robotics for lunar exploration

03/12/2025 1491 views 28 likes

Science & Exploration

Argonaut lunar lander family grows

20/11/2025 3912 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 4080 views 53 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 2454 views 39 likes

Mealworms for the space menu

Science & Exploration

Insects on the space menu

07/11/2025 6580 views 42 likes

ESA Astronaut Reserve receives new training patch

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase

30/10/2025 1163 views 1 likes

Training in the LUNA facilities

Science & Exploration

Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality a…

24/10/2025 3920 views 34 likes

Condensation alien

Science & Exploration

Condensation defying gravity

23/10/2025 5365 views 48 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation …

17/10/2025 1760 views 26 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

Enabling & Support

The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2416 views 25 likes

Endothelial cells

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1685 views 33 likes

Columbus laboratory

Science & Exploration

Columbus: 100 000 orbits and counting

12/09/2025 3623 views 46 likes

Deployment of largest Mars parachute on Earth

Science & Exploration

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

21/07/2025 8881 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 3333 views 34 likes

Ignis patch in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Ignis mission highlights

15/07/2025 4839 views 75 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski returns to Earth

11/07/2025 5595 views 30 likes

Science & Exploration

A pinch of France in space

01/07/2025 3494 views 36 likes

ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois

Science & Exploration

Belgian endive, meatballs and microgravity

13/06/2025 1356 views 18 likes

Axiom 4 crew inside Dragon

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski arrives at Internat…

09/06/2025 16945 views 141 likes

Simulated moonwalk shot

Science & Exploration

How to capture Moon landing videos – from grainy to HD

28/05/2025 5228 views 45 likes

Running on treadmill during parabolic flight

Science & Exploration

Prostheses fit to Fly!

27/05/2025 2556 views 36 likes

Night-time light emissions during blackout in Spain and Portugal

Science & Exploration

Back to light

12/05/2025 6845 views 54 likes

ESA and PLAYMOBIL join forces to inspire the next generatio…

07/05/2025 3279 views 35 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski training in Columbus

Science & Exploration

Ignis science

28/04/2025 3170 views 33 likes

Science & Exploration

ACES finds its home in orbit

25/04/2025 3957 views 46 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 1264 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 2910 views 38 likes

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher welcomes industry

ESA shares space proposals with industry

07/04/2025 3726 views 46 likes

Artist view: ExoMars lander

Science & Exploration

ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landin…

30/03/2025 8877 views 63 likes

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