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Elevating Europe in space for fifty years ESA · 30 May 2025 For half a century, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been serving Europe as its space agency and inspiring its citizens. On 30 May 1975, the ESA Convention was signed by 10 founding Member States and has since now exp...
Hubble Images Galaxies Near and Far NASA · 28 May 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers us the chance to see a distant galaxy now some 19.5 billion light-years from Earth (but appearing as it did around 11 billion years ago, when the galaxy was 5.5 billion l...
Estrack - Half a century of European satellite tracking ESA · 28 May 2025 2025 marks a landmark year for Europe’s ‘bridge between Earth and space’. ESA’s Estrack satellite tracking network turns 50.
Inauguration of the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) – first ESA presence in Switzerland ESA · 27 May 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has inaugurated the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI), the first ESA presence in Switzerland, created in close collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). The new...
Dust, light, action ESA · 27 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Prostheses fit to Fly! ESA · 27 May 2025 The performance of a lower limb prosthesis has been evaluated in microgravity conditions for the first time during the latest ESA parabolic flight campaign on the ‘Zero G’ aircraft.
ESA inaugurates new Cyber Security Operations Centre ESA · 27 May 2025 On 27 May 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) took an important step in ensuring the continued security of its critical infrastructure with the inauguration of a new Cyber Security Operations Centre (C-SOC) at its Euro...
Webb glimpses the distant past ESA · 27 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
About YPSat-2 ESA · 26 May 2025 When ESA’s Space Rider launches for its maiden flight, it will carry more than scientific experiments. It will carry the bold vision of ESA’s emerging generation. Developed entirely by young professionals across the Agen...
Waltzing celebration for half a century of European satellite tracking ESA · 26 May 2025 2025 marks a landmark year for Europe’s ‘bridge between Earth and space’. ESA’s Estrack satellite tracking network turns 50 – and with it, its deep space antenna in Cebreros, Spain, celebrates 20 years of connecting Eart...
Hubble Spies a Spiral So Inclined NASA · 23 May 2025 The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater (The Cup). From Hubble’s vantage...
Earth from Space: Alakol, the multicoloured lake ESA · 23 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA seeks funding for ‘security and resilience’ satellite program SpaceNews · 22 May 2025 The European Space Agency will request funding from member states for an Earth observation satellite system for security applications, blurring the line between its traditional civil focus and defense work.
Navigate revisions to laws on hazardous chemicals in the EU ESA · 22 May 2025 Changes to regulations and processes will introduce new restrictions on the use of hazardous chemicals in the EU. These could impact space programmes, the space sector and its supply chains – PFAS, chromates and the REAC...
ESA Awards Contract for Probe That Will Land on Earth-Skimming Asteroid European Spaceflight · 20 May 2025 ESA has awarded a contract for the second CubeSat for its Ramses mission, which will study asteroid Apophis as it passes within 32,000 kilometres of Earth. The Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) mission was...
Hubble Images Galaxies Near and Far NASA · 20 May 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers us the chance to see a distant galaxy now some 19.5 billion light-years from Earth (but appearing as it did around 11 billion years ago, when the galaxy was 5.5 billion l...
Second CubeSat joins ESA’s Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis ESA · 20 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Galileo Second Generation ESA · 19 May 2025 Europe’s Galileo is the world’s most precise satellite navigation system, providing metre-level accuracy to billions of users. ESA and European industry are preparing a new generation of satellites for the European Union...
Streaks on Mars ESA · 19 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds NASA · 16 May 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbors, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Located 160,000 light-years away in the constel...
ESA Launches Phase 2 of Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project European Spaceflight · 16 May 2025 The European Space Agency has issued a call for proposals for the second phase of its Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator project. Initially announced in March 2024, the Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator project is being m...
Earth from Space: Svalbard Archipelago ESA · 16 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Apply now to ESA's Junior Professional Programme: your portal to space ESA · 15 May 2025 Are you passionate about space and looking to build a long-term career in the European space sector? Do you have two to three years of professional experience and a Master’s degree? The European Space Agency is offering...
Biomass, an oversized football and the Australian outback ESA · 15 May 2025 ESA’s forest mission Biomass will be supported by a custom-built transponder antenna installed in New Norcia, Australia.
Hubble Pinpoints Young Stars in Spiral Galaxy NASA · 14 May 2025 In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peers into the spiral galaxy NGC 1317 in the constellation Fornax, located more than 50 million light-years from Earth. Visible in this galaxy image is a bright blue rin...
Orion on the move ESA · 14 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Titan forecast: partly cloudy with a chance of methane showers ESA · 14 May 2025 A science team has combined data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope to see evidence of cloud convection on Saturn’s moon Titan in the northern hemisphere for the first time. Most o...
Decommissioning Galileo satellites - Infographic ESA · 13 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Plato’s dialogue ESA · 13 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora ESA · 12 May 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. Wi...
Save the date: 16–22 June - ESA at the Paris Air Show ESA · 12 May 2025 The European Space Agency will be present at the 55th edition of International Paris Air Show, taking place on 16-22 June at Le Bourget airport.
Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral’s Arms NASA · 9 May 2025 The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo...
Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP ESA · 9 May 2025 Mission control at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre has completed the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for ESA’s Biomass, after nine days of intense work.
Earth from Space: Northwest Sardinia, Italy ESA · 9 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards ESA · 9 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA and India Agree to Cooperate on Human Spaceflight European Spaceflight · 8 May 2025 The European Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organisation have signed a joint statement of intent to collaborate on human spaceflight. The move comes just days after the United States proposed scaling back its...
Gripping exploration ESA · 8 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Vega-C liftoff in slow-mo ESA · 8 May 2025 ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).
Forest satellite’s big antenna opens up ESA · 7 May 2025 Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass mission has reached another critical milestone on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their vital role in Earth’s carbon cycle – the sate...
Research Fellows in space science 2025 ESA · 7 May 2025 ESA has selected 10 new Fellows to pursue their own independent research in space science, starting in 2025.

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