ESA and JAXA strengthen ties on Moon and Mars exploration
ESA · 20 Mar 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are taking a step forward in space exploration cooperation for Moon and Mars activities. Both agencies have signed a statement of intent,...
ESA Previews Euclid Mission’s Deep View of ‘Dark Universe’
NASA · 19 Mar 2025
With contributions from NASA, the mission is looking back into the universe’s history to understand how the universe’s expansion has changed. The Euclid mission — led by ESA (European Space Agency) with contributions fro...
Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star
NASA · 14 Mar 2025
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlappi...
Images from Hera’s Mars flyby (Official broadcast)
ESA · 13 Mar 2025
Watch the replay of our Hera mission Mars flyby event. On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera mission came to within 5000 km of the surface of the red planet and 300 km of Mars’s more distant and enigmatic moon Deimos. During this...
ESA lays foundations for the future of data transmission
SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025
Europe’s investment in HydRON, a multi-orbit optical data relay network, signals a pivotal shift in how data is moved across Earth and beyond. The program aims to transform satellite connectivity, […]
Hera’s incredible adventures in brick building
ESA · 13 Mar 2025
After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commi...
Hera’s incredible adventures in LEGO
ESA · 13 Mar 2025
After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commi...
Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon
ESA · 13 Mar 2025
While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the...
Thales Alenia Space to Build ESA Moonlight Satellites for Telespazio
European Spaceflight · 13 Mar 2025
Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, has awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space, also a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, to build satellites for the European Space Agency’s Moonlight cons...
ESA’s NavLab on wheels: an Arctic mission
ESA · 13 Mar 2025
High above the Arctic Circle, on the rugged terrain of Andøya, three ESA radionavigation engineers take a rare moment to unwind with a game of shuffleboard. Outside, sheep graze under the shimmering northern lights, a se...
Hera asteroid mission surveys Mars’s Deimos moon
ESA · 13 Mar 2025
While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the...
Space HPC offers new super-computing possibilities
ESA · 12 Mar 2025
The European Space Agency has unveiled the ESA Space HPC, a new resource for space in Europe. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher was joined by ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun and ASI president Teodoro Valente to cut t...
Sped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby
ESA · 11 Mar 2025
On 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by m...
Hera asteroid mission’s Mars flyby
ESA · 10 Mar 2025
On Wednesday 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards its final destination of the Didymos binary astero...
Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby
ESA · 10 Mar 2025
Join us live for a star-studded event this Thursday, as scientists working on ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence release the mission’s first scientific observations beyond the Earth-Moon system, following its immin...
ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site
ESA · 10 Mar 2025
Marking another step towards new insights into Earth’s forests and their role in the carbon cycle, ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, to be prepared for liftoff on...
Hubble Spies a Spiral in the Water Snake
NASA · 7 Mar 2025
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a vibrant spiral galaxy called NGC 5042 resides about 48 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra (the water snake). The galaxy nicely fills the frame of thi...
ESA and GSMA Foundry empower industry to achieve seamless global connectivity
ESA · 7 Mar 2025
At MWC25 Barcelona, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled a funding initiative, promoted in partnership with GSMA Foundry, to support projects aimed at integrating satellite and terrestrial networks for seamless conne...
Women powering up space
ESA · 7 Mar 2025
Europe’s human spaceflight ambitions are reaching new heights, and ESA’s Astronaut Reserve is a key part of this journey. Selected in 2022, these talented individuals are undergoing Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) to en...
The ART of training – part two
ESA · 7 Mar 2025
ESA’s second group of Astronaut Reserve members has successfully completed the first block of their intensive Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) programme. Starting in January 2025, four members of the European Astronaut R...
Engineers Install Orion Solar Array Wings for Artemis II
NASA · 6 Mar 2025
Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion...
Student teams explore ESA’s robotics labs
ESA · 6 Mar 2025
To kick off this year’s ESA Academy Experiments programme, five university student teams from across Europe were invited to visit the experimental test facilities at ESTEC – ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands – an...
Growing Algae on Mars
ESA · 6 Mar 2025
It's a long way to Mars, and explorers headed there will either have to take enough food and supplies to last the whole trip or use in-situ resources to make what they need. A recent ESA Discovery project led by the Univ...
Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil
NASA · 5 Mar 2025
In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun...
ESA signs new chip development for more resilient satnav
ESA · 5 Mar 2025
It is impossible to imagine our everyday lives – and Europe’s economy – without reliable satellite navigation. Accordingly, ESA prioritises developing and delivering more resilient positioning, navigation and timing tech...