The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, today at 04:34 GMT…
When it whizzes past Earth in 2013, a newly discovered asteroid is going to miss our planet –…
The launch of Europe’s latest weather satellite is only months away. Two Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites are…
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Comets competition is Cici from Austria. Congratulations Cici!…
Ten years ago, on 1 March 2002, the largest Earth observation satellite ever built was launched from Kourou…
Vega, ESA’s new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a…
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If everything goes to plan, ESA’s small rocket launcher Vega will be launched for the first time on…
Medical emergencies can just as easily happen in space as on the ground. However, treatment of the casualties…
The YouTube SpaceLab science competition is close to seeing two of its experiment proposals flown to the International…
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There is an invisible magnetic field all around us. Although we don’t normally notice it, the Earth’s magnetic…
ESA’s PromISSe mission has begun. Two days after their Soyuz rocket blasted off from frozen Baikonur Cosmodrome on…
The Hubble space telescope has captured this amazing image of a giant gas cloud lit up by a…
New images from Mars Express show a mountain range we haven’t seen before. The mountains are in an…
After more than 17 months sealed inside four metal cabins, the Mars 500 crew has returned to planet…
For our special Moon contest the grand prize goes to Eleni from Greece! Congratulations Eleni! She will soon…
A new era began on 21 October with the successful launch of the first pair of operational spacecraft…
The countdown is under way for two landmark events in the history of European space. If all goes…
Would you like to see your own space artwork on the ESA Kids site? Here’s your chance! Every…
