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

Artemis II rocket back at its launchpad after a second rollout at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

ESA astronauts on the International Space Station

A cosmic ray simulator for extreme science on Earth

From space to your plate

ESA's Lunar Link telecommunications antenna for the Gateway station during a testing campaign at prime contractor Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during one of her first workouts at the start of the εpsilon mission.

Columbus KA-band antenna installation

Apollo-ATV-Orion

European Service Module's structure

Orion blueprint

The Artemis II rocket was rolled out to its launch pad.

ESA's fourth European Service Module at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot training on EchoFinder‑2.

Tree planting for εpsilon

Tree planting for εpsilon

Fireworks from space

Europe at night from space

ExoMars ramps hinge

One antenna of ESA's Lunar Link being tested in a cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France

ESA medical doctors Nina Purvis and Sarah Gaier meet in Antarctica at the coastal station Mario Zuchelli

Swoosh!

Turning up the heat in ESA’s Astronaut Reserve Training

A European lunar landscape: a 1:1 model of ESA’s Argonaut lunar lander at Europe’s Moon on Earth, LUNA.

First bedrest samples arrive at exploration biobank in Portugal

This is not static noise

From inner to outer space

Mars’s atmospheric mille-feuille

Members of ESA's astronaut reserve during a parabolic flight campaign.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim operates European robots from the International Space Station

Mapping for the Moon

Space pierogi bite

Back to Europe

Brave for space

Ignis ignited

Space boarding pass

Mars star

Lights and dust for a Moon shot

Streaks on Mars

On 3 May, the fully assembled Orion spacecraft for Artemis II began its journey to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is shown in transport, with its protective fairing panels clearly visible and proudly bearing the ESA and NASA logos.

Gripping exploration

Tree planting for Ignis

Moon tools to the test at LUNA

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