25 April 2018
New Gaia data reveals details on over 1.6 billion stars
Today at the ILA Berlin Air and Space Show in Germany, ESA revealed details of its second data release from its Gaia mission, which includes an impressive set of information on ...
16 October 2020
BepiColombo’s first glimpse of Venus
...brake against the gravitational pull of the Sun in order to enter orbit around Mercury. BepiColombo, which comprises ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is scheduled...
November 2018
Pole star rising
...first signs of this have been participation not only in ESA basic programmes, but also in optional ones, which provide ...one already being taken by technology and the industry itself. ESA, acting on behalf of the European Commission, signed contracts ...
30 September 2016
Historic Rosetta mission ends
... entered the history books once again," says Johann-Dietrich Wörner, ESA's Director General. "Today we celebrate the success of a game-changing... the world." On this emotional day for both the ESA and the global space industry, as the world says good...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
...Vega-C, and the ongoing European Launcher Challenge are designed to restore reliable, independent access to orbit. In parallel, ESA’s ARTES programme and IRIS² constellation aim to provide secure, high-throughput communication networks for both civil...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...encounter in our everyday lives can trace at least some of their heritage back to developments motivated by space exploration. ESA, NASA and other space agencies run various initiatives designed to encourage the take-up of space technologies in other...
