The International Space Station (ISS) is used for many scientific experiments. Taking advantage of weightlessness conditions in orbit,…
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…
Up to three times a year, the full Moon’s bright face slowly changes to a dark orange colour.…
Ceres is now known to have a width of about 940 km – about one quarter (one fourth)…
Asteroids are small, rocky bodies that have been left over from the formation of the planets 4.5 billion…
Earth is a moving target in a shooting gallery. Almost every day, a small chunk of space rock…
Every day about 50 tonnes of rocky material from space lands on the Earth’s surface. These rocks are…
In March 1986, ESA’s Giotto spacecraft flew to within 600 km of comet Halley’s nucleus. It sent back…
