A new adventure on the International...

2025-07-30, 08:00 ESA

On 26 June 2025, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland and his crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4).Ax4 launched aboard a ...

MetOp-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5...

2025-07-29, 14:50 ESA

Watch the replay of the MetOp-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5 pre-launch media briefing. This session provides information about these two missions. Speakers include:Following on from the ...

Earth from Space: Kuwaiti waters

2025-07-25, 11:40 ESA

The turquoise waters southeast of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka are captured in this image acquired by the ?sat-2 mission.Failaka is about 20 km off Kuwait's coast at the head of the Persian Gulf. ...

First MetOp Second Generation...

2025-07-24, 15:00 ESA

The journey to launch is picking up pace for Europe's MetOp Second Generation weather satellite ? which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package. Specialists at Europe's ...

Sea-level monitoring satellite...

2025-07-23, 15:50 ESA

The next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, has begun its journey from Europe to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where it is scheduled to launch in November. ...

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5...

2025-07-23, 11:40 ESA

With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff ...

Another milestone for the future of...

2025-07-21, 12:00 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation sounder satellite, hosting the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has reached its orbit and has been placed under the control of Eumetsat. It is now ready to start ...

Earth from Space: Circles in the desert

2025-07-18, 11:40 ESA

This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its ...

ALTIUS ozone missions satellite...

2025-07-17, 20:20 ESA

In a spotless cleanroom, engineers at Redwire's facilities in Belgium, have completed the assembly of a key part ESA's ALTIUS ozone mission ? the all-important satellite platform is now fully formed ...

?sat-2 begins science phase for AI...

2025-07-16, 08:00 ESA

?sat-2, a miniature satellite, has completed its commissioning and has begun delivery of science data, using algorithms to efficiently process and compress Earth observation images, as well as detect ...