Glimpses of Heras target asteroids...
As ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence completes its pre-launch testing, its target asteroids have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own. A special issue of Nature ...
Juice returns for a lunar-Earth flyby
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is coming back to Earth.Our fearless traveller is getting a nudge from Earth this summer, in the first of four ?gravity assist manoeuvres' that will put Juice ...
Earth from Space: Paris in focus
This striking high-resolution image offers an in-depth view of central Paris, allowing you to explore and zoom into the city's most captivating areas in exceptional detail. Paris lies in the ...
EarthCAREs multispectral imager puts...
Launched less than two months ago, ESA's EarthCARE satellite has already returned images from two of its four instruments. Now, it has also delivered the first images from its multispectral imager, ...
Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with...
ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence involves not just one spacecraft but three: two shoebox-sized CubeSats will fly up to a few dozen kilometres away from their mothership around the Didymos ...
ESA and UK Space Agency announce new...
ESA and the UK Space Agency are pleased to announce a new joint funding call ?InCubed2 - Innovation in Public Services with Satellite Earth Observation' for all UK-based entities developing ...
Sentinel-2C arrives in French Guiana
The Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, has arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana for liftoff on the final Vega rocket in September. Sentinel-2C, like its ...
ESA stations support three Moon...
Happy International Moon Day!ESA's network of satellite communication stations ? Estrack ? continues to connect Earth and the Moon in 2024. ESA stations are supporting three new and returning ...
Earth from Space: Central Ethiopia
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission brings us a false-colour radar image of central Ethiopia.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn more.The depicted area ...
Preparing for Juices daring double flyby
Next month, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will carry out the first combined lunar-Earth flyby. Preparations are under way at ESA mission control for this highly precise manoeuvre, which ...
