Winning ideas for 3D printing on the Moon
While studying lunar base concepts ESA ran a competition, asking: what would you 3D print on the Moon, to make it feel like home? Responses came from all across the globe, and now two winners have been selected, both with ideas linked...
Your lunar eclipse
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: The lunar eclipse at totality over Lake Maggiore
A Fleeting Moment in Time
The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a short time — around 10,000 years, a blink of an eye in astronomical terms. ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured this shell of glowing ionised gas — the...
Lunar spotlight
Space Science Image of the Week: A rare light pillar beneath the Moon, seen from Earth's South Pole
Compete in a lunar economy
Sign up to the Metalysis–ESA Grand Challenge worth €500 000 rewarding innovation that helps us to explore space.
Teach with the Moon
New web page features educational resources and other materials focused on the Moon to educate and inspire.
Firma Thales Alenia Space povede stavbu mise za tajemstvím fotosyntézy
ESA uzavřela nový kontrakt s firmou Thales Alenia Space, která tak bude stát v čele konsorcia stavějícího novou misi věnující se výzkumu fotosyntézy: FLEX.
Join the #AuroraHunters
It’s difficult to comprehend the size and sheer power of our Sun, a churning ball of hot gas 4.6 billion years old and 1.3 million times larger than Earth, which emits solar wind — the constant stream of electrons, protons and atomic...
ExoMars software passes ESA Mars Yard driving test
Navigation software destined for the ExoMars 2020 mission to the Red Planet has passed a rover-based driving test at ESA’s ‘Mars Yard’.
Software pro misi ExoMars prošel zkušebními jízdami
Navigační software určený pro misi ExoMars 2020 prošel zkušebními jízdami, k nimž došlo na „martovské zahrádce“ ESA.
What is Space19+?
ESA Web TV talks with DG Jan Wörner to learn more about ‘Space19+’, ESA’s next Ministerial Council, and its benefits for citizens
The one that got away
Operations image of the week: High above the majestic 'Dirdle Door' rock formation in Dorset, comet 46P/Wirtanen hurries by – an alien rock formation once destined to be visited by ESA's Rosetta mission
How much do we think we know about space?
Europeans are undeniably interested in space activities, and the idea of pooling resources between European countries is considered important unanimously by European citizens: just two of the fascinating findings from a recent survey...
How much do European citizens know about space?
Europeans are undeniably interested in space activities, and the idea of pooling resources between European countries is considered important unanimously by European citizens: just two of the fascinating findings from a recent survey...
Parachute for planetfall
Technology image of the week: testing a parachute design for future Mars missions within a mammoth Canadian wind tunnel
Spatial senses
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano trains for a spacewalk for his upcoming Beyond mission
Infrared Titan
Space Science Image of the Week: How Saturn’s moon Titan looks in infrared
