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Explore Mars’s Flaugergues Crater ESA · 4 Feb 2026 ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a journey across the southern highlands of Mars, including a flight around Flaugergues Crater.
Fast download speeds for European science in space, five years on ESA · 4 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA's sustainability ambition ESA · 3 Feb 2026 Space activities are unlike any others. They interact not just with Earth, but with three interconnected environments: Earth, Earth’s orbit, and the Moon and deep space. On Earth, we aim to reduce the space sector’s envi...
Jammertest: strengthening satellite navigation ESA · 2 Feb 2026 Satellite navigation is essential to everyday life, from tracking your morning jog to landing air ambulances. But as reliance on satellite navigation grows, so do the risks associated with its interruption, natural or in...
Apply now to the ESA Graduate Trainee Programme ESA · 2 Feb 2026 The 2026 ESA Graduate Trainee positions are now open! If you’re passionate about engineering, science, IT or business, this is your chance to turn your dreams into reality.
First launch of Ariane 6 with four boosters ESA · 2 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Apollo-ATV-Orion ESA · 30 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Hubble Sees Galaxy with Dark Rings in New Light NASA · 30 Jan 2026 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features an uncommon galaxy with a striking appearance. NGC 7722 is a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. A lenticular, me...
European Service Module's structure ESA · 30 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Orion blueprint ESA · 30 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Dark rings and new light ESA · 30 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Earth from Space: Rudong coast, China ESA · 30 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA member states back SWISSto12 HummingSat with fresh funding round SpaceDaily · 29 Jan 2026 Renens, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 SWISSto12 has secured 73 million euros in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project, reinforcing development...
ESA at the European Space Conference - Day 2 ESA · 28 Jan 2026 Two days of intense discussions and exchanges came to an end at the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels on Wednesday.
Webb gazes further back in time ESA · 28 Jan 2026 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of its observations closer to cosmic dawn with the confirmation of a bright galaxy that existed 2...
European Space Conference in Bruxelles: ESA DG keynote address on the second day ESA · 28 Jan 2026 Watch the keynote address by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher on the second day of the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels.
Watch live: Crew-12 news conference ESA · 28 Jan 2026 Tune in on Friday, 30 January from 16:00 GMT/17:00 CET (11:00 EST) to watch the mission overview press conference, followed at 18:00 GMT/19:00 CET (13:00 EST) by the final press conference of the Crew-12 astronauts as th...
NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware NASA · 27 Jan 2026 Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) missi...
European Space Conference in Bruxelles: ESA DG keynote address ESA · 27 Jan 2026 Watch the keynote address by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher at the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels.
ESA at the European Space Conference - Day 1 ESA · 27 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency discussed plans for its record budget as the 18th European Space Conference began in Brussels, Belgium on 27 January.
ESA’s Biomass goes live with data now open to all ESA · 26 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency’s innovative Biomass satellite is now fully commissioned, opening free access to a powerful new stream of data that promise a step change in our understanding of forest dynamics and their role i...
Crawling, gripping and floating above ESA’s flat floor ESA · 26 Jan 2026 Last autumn, the European Space Agency’s Orbital Robotics Laboratory hosted three student teams from universities across Europe. After being selected to join the ESA Academy Experiments programme, the students were invit...
Solar Orbiter spots magnetic avalanches driving major solar flare SpaceDaily · 26 Jan 2026 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 Just as avalanches on snowy mountains begin with the motion of a small amount of snow, Solar Orbiter has revealed that a powerful solar flare can start from initially weak magnetic distur...
RFA Awarded ESA Flight Ticket Initiative Launch Contracts European Spaceflight · 24 Jan 2026 German rocket builder Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has been awarded launch service contracts for two missions under the Flight Ticket Initiative. The Flight Ticket Initiative is a programme run jointly by the European S...
Ignis mission timelapses: Earth and Moon views from the International Space Station ESA · 23 Jan 2026 ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski captured these stunning timelapse videos during his 20-day stay aboard the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 4, known as Ignis. Filmed from the Cupola...
Earth from Space: Pantanal ESA · 23 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland European Spaceflight · 23 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency has published a call to tender for a study examining the re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage in February last year. In the early hours of 19 February 2025, a Falcon 9 second st...
A celebrity cluster in the spotlight ESA · 22 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Flight ticket initiative: more tickets booked, flying with RFA One ESA · 22 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
SWISSto12 Secures €73 Million in New ESA Funding for HummingSat Project European Spaceflight · 21 Jan 2026 SWISSto12 has announced that during the 2025 ESA Ministerial Council meeting, Member States committed €73 million in additional funding for the Renens-based satellite manufacturer’s HummingSat project. In early 2022, ESA...
Hubble uncovers the secret of stars that defy ageing ESA · 21 Jan 2026 Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbours, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, these stellar oddi...
ESA at the European Space Conference 2026 ESA · 21 Jan 2026 The 18th European Space Conference (ESC) will take place on 27 and 28 January 2026 at the Square Convention Centre in Brussels, Belgium.
Artificial intelligence in manufacturing rocket parts ESA · 21 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Magnetic avalanches power solar flares, finds Solar Orbiter ESA · 21 Jan 2026 Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak disturbances that quickly b...
Webb reveals Helix Nebula in glistening detail ESA · 20 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Smoke plumes from Chile wildfires seen by Sentinel-3 ESA · 20 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Spectrum’s qualifying second launch ESA · 20 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA monitoring January 2026 space weather event ESA · 20 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Weather Office is closely monitoring a notable space weather event, first detected 18:09 UTC on Sunday, 18 January 2026. We are collecting detailed information from our expert serv...
Rocket roll ESA · 19 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Vega-C overview infographic ESA · 19 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.

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