To date, ESA has invested more than €2 billion in improving and developing Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou. ESA…
Most ESA spacecraft are tested at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. The…
Satellite communications are now being used for many unusual projects. This has been made possible by more powerful…
De ESA houdt zich al sinds de jaren zeventig bezig met satellietcommunicatie. Al in 1980 was er de Orbital Test Satellite…
The weather can suddenly change for the worse, so it is vital that forecasters receive continuous updates from…
Based on 18 months of Envisat observations, this high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide pollution makes clear…
Deze animatie laat zien hoe de meeste kometen ontstaan in een gebied buiten de banen van Neptunus en Pluto, dat gevuld is met…
Europe has its own weather satellites, called Meteosat. The first Meteosat was launched by ESA into geostationary orbit,…
Until now, nearly all space missions have used rocket motors that feed on chemical fuel. Unfortunately, these are…
Space is vast. A trip to the Moon – our neighbour in space – will take three days…
Europe’s involvement in human spaceflight began in 1969. After Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans…
Het Internationaal Ruimtestation (ISS) is het grootste object dat ooit de ruimte in is gestuurd en is vaak te zien…
Naast Columbus levert de ESA een aantal belangrijke onderdelen voor het Internationaal Ruimtestation (ISS).…
Het Internationaal Ruimtestation (ISS) is als een eiland dat omringd wordt door een lege zee. Zonder regelmatige bevoorrading…
Het Internationaal Ruimtestation (ISS) wordt gebruikt voor talrijke wetenschappelijke experimenten. Door gebruik te maken van de gewichtloosheid in een baan om de aarde,…
Living in a space station is rather like living in a desert. There is very little water available…
Our everyday lives involve such activities as sitting, walking, picking up things from the ground and lying in…
Do you feel homesick after being away for a week or two? Do you feel lonely after being…
Astronauts have very busy lives. Each day in orbit (apart from rest days) is carefully planned by mission…
As the International Space Station is being completed, ESA is looking toward the long-term future of human spaceflight.…
Before humans can set foot on Mars, we need to know as much as possible about the Red…
For more than 30 years, Europeans have been enjoying the wonders of space travel. The early pioneers were…
Before they can fly in space, astronauts have to undergo hundreds of hours of training. This is split…
For a human mission to space, astronauts (and mission teams on the ground) have to know about how their…
Earth is the only place we know that supports life. What makes it so special? One key factor…
No one knows how or why life began. We do know that life on Earth started at least…
Mars was once warmer and wetter than it is today. Pictures sent back by ESA’s Mars Express and…
Could there be life around other stars? Perhaps, living on extrasolar planets! But where do these planets come…
Tot drie keer per jaar verandert het heldere oppervlak van de volle maan langzaam in een donkeroranje kleur.…
Men weet nu dat Ceres een breedte heeft van ongeveer 940 km – ongeveer een kwart (een vierde)…
