ESA - Human and Robotic Exploration - Archive

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

Science & Exploration

ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward

02/09/2026 2937 views 53 likes

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during EVA-97

Science & Exploration

Watch Sophie Adenot’s second spacewalk live

21/08/2026 17906 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 4652 views 76 likes

Sophie testing E4D's resistance training in space

Science & Exploration

New European exercise device begins testing with first rope…

08/07/2026 3848 views 10 likes

Through the Cupola: Sophie Adenot photographs the Solar Array Wings

Science & Exploration

Supporting εpsilon from Earth

02/07/2026 727 views 3 likes

Navigating an underground river

Science & Exploration

The space under

01/07/2026 1512 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 11746 views 73 likes

Mars vast clay region

Science & Exploration

ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

04/06/2026 4670 views 58 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 2934 views 27 likes

SOLIS100 isolation study crew

Science & Exploration

SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany

23/04/2026 9392 views 68 likes

Science & Exploration

Artemis II: splashdown

11/04/2026 9141 views 98 likes

Light hits graphene aerogel

Science & Exploration

Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

07/04/2026 5697 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 46437 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 290015 views 758 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 6864 views 73 likes

Dividing Earth and Moon

Science & Exploration

European Service Module engines powering Artemis II

30/03/2026 26936 views 256 likes

Arnaud Prost during VR robotics training

Science & Exploration

ESA’s astronaut reserve begins final training block

27/03/2026 1073 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 5094 views 67 likes

Crew-12 inside the International Space Station

Science & Exploration

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

14/02/2026 5090 views 58 likes

εpsilon launch

Science & Exploration

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

13/02/2026 1643 views 6 likes

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Crew-12 launch and docking

10/02/2026 18849 views 117 likes

Crew-12 in front of a SpaceX booster

Science & Exploration

Crew-12 readies for launch

07/02/2026 1946 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 7073 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 1812 views 22 likes

Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

Science & Exploration

Legs made for a Mars landing 

21/01/2026 6065 views 39 likes

Sophie Adenot exercising on E4D

Science & Exploration

Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

16/01/2026 6426 views 67 likes

Tree planting for εpsilon

Science & Exploration

From roots to rocket

05/01/2026 2724 views 70 likes

Science & Exploration

20 years in Antarctica

15/12/2025 4679 views 44 likes

New ESA connection to advance robotics for lunar exploration

03/12/2025 1627 views 28 likes

Science & Exploration

Argonaut lunar lander family grows

20/11/2025 4312 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 4953 views 58 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 2729 views 39 likes

Mealworms for the space menu

Science & Exploration

Insects on the space menu

07/11/2025 7298 views 43 likes

ESA Astronaut Reserve receives new training patch

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase

30/10/2025 1382 views 1 likes

Training in the LUNA facilities

Science & Exploration

Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality a…

24/10/2025 4283 views 35 likes

Condensation alien

Science & Exploration

Condensation defying gravity

23/10/2025 5852 views 49 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation …

17/10/2025 2033 views 26 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

Enabling & Support

The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2625 views 26 likes

Endothelial cells

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1806 views 34 likes

Columbus laboratory

Science & Exploration

Columbus: 100 000 orbits and counting

12/09/2025 3853 views 46 likes

Deployment of largest Mars parachute on Earth

Science & Exploration

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

21/07/2025 9275 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 3805 views 34 likes

Ignis patch in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Ignis mission highlights

15/07/2025 5144 views 75 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski returns to Earth

11/07/2025 5797 views 30 likes

Science & Exploration

A pinch of France in space

01/07/2025 3869 views 37 likes

ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois

Science & Exploration

Belgian endive, meatballs and microgravity

13/06/2025 1517 views 18 likes

Axiom 4 crew inside Dragon

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski arrives at Internat…

09/06/2025 17412 views 141 likes

Simulated moonwalk shot

Science & Exploration

How to capture Moon landing videos – from grainy to HD

28/05/2025 5564 views 45 likes

Running on treadmill during parabolic flight

Science & Exploration

Prostheses fit to Fly!

27/05/2025 2846 views 37 likes

Night-time light emissions during blackout in Spain and Portugal

Science & Exploration

Back to light

12/05/2025 7150 views 54 likes

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