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

Science & Exploration

European eyes on Artemis

31/03/2026 912 views 24 likes

Dividing Earth and Moon

Science & Exploration

European Service Module engines powering Artemis II

30/03/2026 2984 views 67 likes

Arnaud Prost during VR robotics training

Science & Exploration

ESA’s astronaut reserve begins final training block

27/03/2026 388 views 11 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 3663 views 54 likes

Crew-12 inside the International Space Station

Science & Exploration

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

14/02/2026 4038 views 56 likes

εpsilon launch

Science & Exploration

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

13/02/2026 873 views 6 likes

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Crew-12 launch and docking

10/02/2026 17831 views 117 likes

Crew-12 in front of a SpaceX booster

Science & Exploration

Crew-12 readies for launch

07/02/2026 1414 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 6431 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 1454 views 22 likes

Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

Science & Exploration

Legs made for a Mars landing 

21/01/2026 4981 views 39 likes

Sophie Adenot exercising on E4D

Science & Exploration

Revolutionising astronaut fitness for deep space missions

16/01/2026 4238 views 64 likes

Tree planting for εpsilon

Science & Exploration

From roots to rocket

05/01/2026 2317 views 70 likes

Science & Exploration

20 years in Antarctica

15/12/2025 3617 views 40 likes

New ESA connection to advance robotics for lunar exploration

03/12/2025 1315 views 28 likes

Science & Exploration

Argonaut lunar lander family grows

20/11/2025 3604 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 3497 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 2066 views 38 likes

Mealworms for the space menu

Science & Exploration

Insects on the space menu

07/11/2025 6219 views 41 likes

ESA Astronaut Reserve receives new training patch

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase

30/10/2025 929 views 1 likes

Training in the LUNA facilities

Science & Exploration

Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality a…

24/10/2025 3641 views 33 likes

Condensation alien

Science & Exploration

Condensation defying gravity

23/10/2025 4970 views 48 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation …

17/10/2025 1522 views 26 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

Enabling & Support

The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2244 views 25 likes

Endothelial cells

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1540 views 31 likes

Columbus laboratory

Science & Exploration

Columbus: 100 000 orbits and counting

12/09/2025 3450 views 46 likes

Deployment of largest Mars parachute on Earth

Science & Exploration

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

21/07/2025 8568 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 2721 views 32 likes

Ignis patch in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Ignis mission highlights

15/07/2025 4575 views 74 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski returns to Earth

11/07/2025 5440 views 30 likes

Science & Exploration

A pinch of France in space

01/07/2025 3222 views 36 likes

ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois

Science & Exploration

Belgian endive, meatballs and microgravity

13/06/2025 1242 views 18 likes

Axiom 4 crew inside Dragon

Science & Exploration

Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski arrives at Internat…

09/06/2025 16626 views 141 likes

Simulated moonwalk shot

Science & Exploration

How to capture Moon landing videos – from grainy to HD

28/05/2025 4946 views 45 likes

Running on treadmill during parabolic flight

Science & Exploration

Prostheses fit to Fly!

27/05/2025 2266 views 36 likes

Night-time light emissions during blackout in Spain and Portugal

Science & Exploration

Back to light

12/05/2025 6654 views 54 likes

ESA and PLAYMOBIL join forces to inspire the next generatio…

07/05/2025 3208 views 35 likes

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski training in Columbus

Science & Exploration

Ignis science

28/04/2025 2924 views 33 likes

Science & Exploration

ACES finds its home in orbit

25/04/2025 3603 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 1161 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 2726 views 38 likes

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher welcomes industry

ESA shares space proposals with industry

07/04/2025 3665 views 46 likes

Artist view: ExoMars lander

Science & Exploration

ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landin…

30/03/2025 8197 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 4761 views 49 likes

Volunteer from third dry immersion study

Science & Exploration

Extended space dive

13/03/2025 61705 views 2921 likes

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

Science & Exploration

The ART of training – part two

07/03/2025 2322 views 19 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 22640 views 125 likes

Pierogi – the ultimate space meal

Science & Exploration

Pierogi in space

14/02/2025 28995 views 65 likes

Timelapse of hydrogel swelling

Enabling & Support

For astronaut radiation protection, just add water

06/02/2025 11100 views 104 likes

Columbus laboratory

Enabling & Support

Using AI for more reliable space missions

30/01/2025 4148 views 31 likes

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