European Space Agency

With Metop-SG-A1 now fuelled, preparations are ramping up for launch! Tune in on Monday, 28 July at esawebtv.esa.int to watch the live pre-launch media briefing, featuring experts from the Metop mission and @CopernicusEU’s Sentinel-5A — flying as an instrument aboard the…

🤝 Strengthening bonds & shaping the future of space exploration 🚀 🌕 From lunar robotics to live calls from the International @Space_Station, last week's visit to Japan highlighted the deep and growing collaboration with @esa in exploration, across organisations, governments…

First pierogi in space 🥟 Eating in microgravity is... different 😉 @astro_slawosz takes a bite above planet Earth from @esa's Cupola on the @Space_Station. 🍴 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

🇵🇱 So glad to welcome ESA astronaut @astro_slawosz back to Poland! Just days after return & ESA/DLR medical clearance, he’s still radiating the passion that took him to orbit. #IGNIS—Poland’s 1st #ISS mission—spanned neuroplasticity research, fluid physics, radiation checks &…

🗓️Upcoming launch! Join us live on 26 July from 02:40 BST/03:40 CEST to watch our Vega-C rocket take flight once again. #VV27 will carry @AirbusSpace's four CO3D satellites and @CNES MicroCarb mission. 🚀 Launch is scheduled for 03:03 BST/04:03 CEST. Find out more ▶️…

More than 200 orbits, +120 teleworking hours, +20 European experiments and one atmospheric reentry later... 🚀 👨‍🚀 We bring you the highlights of @astro_slawosz's journey home from undocking to touching back down in Europe, one week after he splashed back down to Earth. #Ignis…

Progress continues for MetOp-SG-A1 and @CopernicusEU Sentinel-5A. The satellite has been transferred to the Payload Processing Facility of Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, where it’s now being prepared for the next step: fuelling 📸ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG-S…

🪂 The largest parachute to ever fly on Mars deployed gracefully on Earth, slowing down an @ESA_ExoMars dummy descent module for a safe touchdown. Watch this slow-motion footage captured from the capsule after its release at nearly 30 km above the Arctic Circle. 📽️ Vorticity

📸Check out our #WeekInImages 14-18 July 2025➡️ esa.int/About_Us/Week_…

Happy International Moon day! 🌔 Today we celebrate the anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon by Apollo 11 in 1969. This day honors past achievements in space exploration while igniting new dreams for the future.

🇦🇹Federal Chancellor of Austria Christian Stocker joined me at ESA HQ today. Austria has a highly skilled industrial and scientific base that reaches far beyond its own borders. Austria has a unique opportunity to scale up its engagement at ESA's Council Ministerial 2025 #CM25.…

🆕 New Apollo Earthrise view Last year, our Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) flew past our Moon. During it's flyby, Juice's Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) instrument listened to radio wave echoes to reveal the height of the lunar surface. This was the first chance…

We are hiring for two high-level positions: Director of Navigation and Director of Operations. Both positions will be members of the ESA Executive Board and, in that role, will be responsible for contributing to ESA-wide management, supporting the Director General in his…

🌍 Back to Europe! 🚀🌊 Less than 24 hours after splashdown, @astro_slawosz has landed in Cologne, Germany 🇩🇪, to continue human physiology research for the #Ignis mission. 🧬🤘The science must go on: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

🤖 Meet Olympus – a four-legged robot that recently jumped from wall to wall at our robotics laboratory in conditions simulating the gravity of Mars 🔴 👉 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…