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Successful Earth flyby improves Juice’s course to Jupiter

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) skimmed the very outer edge of Earth’s atmosphere on 28…

One geology step closer to the Moon

As we prepare to return to the Moon, Europe’s leading geology training for astronauts PANGAEA celebrates its 10th…

Week in images: 21-25 Sep 2026

Week in images: 21-25 Sep 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Three Earth Explorer candidates go forward

ESA and the EU partner with Museo Galileo on new exhibition

The European Space Agency (ESA), Italy’s Museo Galileo - Institute and Museum of the History of Science, and the…

Earth from Space: Venetian Lagoon

Image: This image of the Venetian Lagoon in northern Italy was acquired by the IRIDE satellites on 17 May 2026.

Win a trip to ESA to witness BepiColombo arrive at Mercury

Get ready to celebrate BepiColombo’s arrival at Mercury. Craft a welcoming message that could be a drawing, song, poem…

Record participation in ESA’s Industry Space Days 2026

On 16–17 September, the European Space Agency (ESA) hosted a record 3100 visitors from Europe’s space industry for a…

First switch on for ESA-JAXA Ramses asteroid mission

The European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been…

A hitchhiker’s guide to Hera’s target asteroids

Currently speeding through deep space at 12 km/s relative to Earth, ESA’s Hera spacecraft is due to reach its target…

A call to boost European space exploration

The Call sets out a shared vision for strengthening Europe's role in human and robotic space exploration and provides…

Juice to fly past Earth for third gravity assist

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight…

ESA brings public and private capital together to accelerate Europe’s space economy

Paris, 18 September 2026 – Access to appropriate finance is becoming a strategic enabler of Europe’s space ambitions.…

ESA and ISRO extend and broaden cooperation agreement

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed an exchange of letters…

ESA and The Pokémon Company International reveal Europe-wide exhibition and astronaut Pikachu experience

The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have launched an official collaboration to…

Week in images: 14-18 Sep 2026

Week in images: 14-18 Sep 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Earth from Space: Laguna Colorada

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 25 August 2026, shows an area of the Andean Altiplano in southern…

A galaxy spinning out of sync

Image: Though the spiral galaxy in this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a…

ESA starts next phase of IRIS² evolution through Low-LEO activities

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed 18 consolidation contracts bringing together nearly 80 companies to study…

Three space companies win ESA awards for excellence and innovation

On 16 September at its Industry Space Days 2026 event at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands, the European Space Agency (ESA)…

Galileo's first civil authenticated position fix under spoofing conditions

For two hours on the afternoon of Wednesday 16 September, five operational Galileo satellites broadcasting over Europe…

Purple swirls on the Red Planet

This image shows a prominent ice cliff near Mars’s south pole. With striking swirls of purple, pink and red, it’s a far…

Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss

The longest satellite data record of ice-sheet change ever assembled has revealed that Greenland and Antarctica have…

Webb reveals stunning panorama of star formation

This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb…

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch highlights

Video: 00:03:22 ESA’s state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been…

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

The European Space Agency’s FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched…

Questions? Ask our Hera Space Companion!

Meet a key member of our Hera asteroid mission team: the Hera Space Companion, not just an AI chatbot but a dynamic…

ESA Space Environment Report 2026

ESA’s FLEX mission reveals the secret glow of plants

Video: 00:06:30 Plants may look still and silent, but every leaf is constantly responding to its environment. As plants…

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for liftoff on Vega-C

Two Earth observation satellites – ESA’s Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite, and the third satellite for the…

Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026

Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026 Discover our week through the lens

A team of teams like never before: rehearsing a unique launch at ESA mission control

On 15 September, two spacecraft will leave Earth together aboard the same launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou:…

Name our dino – ESA’s Hera asteroid mission mascot!

The European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence has a cartoon dinosaur for its mascot – because…

MTM's selfie footage of BepiColombo's eight-year journey

Video: 00:04:20 Witness how over the last eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been travelling through the…

Watch: FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch on Vega-C

The European Space Agency’s FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite are scheduled to launch together…

MTG-I2 reaches its final orbit

Europe’s Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 (MTG-I2) satellite has reached its designated orbit at 36 000 km from Earth…