News - ESA

2024-03-14, 14:52 ESA

The shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat, which will perform close-up mineral prospecting of the Dimorphos asteroid, is ready for delivery to ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence. The spacecraft ...

2024-03-14, 13:52 ESA

ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has passed its environmental test campaign with flying colours ? meaning that the satellite has been declared fit for liftoff and its life in the harsh environment of ...

2024-03-11, 15:54 ESA

In just a few months, ESA's EarthCARE satellite will be lofted into orbit to fill in a piece of the complex climate puzzle ? that piece being how clouds and aerosols, small particles such as dust ...

2024-03-08, 14:21 ESA

After years of development and a rigorous testing programme, ESA's EarthCARE satellite has left Munich, Germany, and is now on its away to SpaceX's launch site in Vandenberg, California. Once it ...

2024-03-08, 10:50 ESA

The lush landscape of the island of Ireland and the coasts of Scotland, Wales and England, are pictured in this view from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full ...

2024-03-07, 17:25 ESA

The upcoming Copernicus Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band (ROSE-L) will provide continuous day-and-night all-weather monitoring of Earth's land, oceans and ice, and offer frequent ...

2024-03-03, 01:41 ESA

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the ice tongue of the Dawson-Lambton Glacier in Antarctica.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn ...

2024-02-29, 16:51 ESA

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global agricultural production will need to increase by 60% by 2050 to meet the food demands of the growing global population.A new satellite ...

2024-02-26, 19:21 ESA

ESA?s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence is being prepared for a journey to the distant asteroid moon Dimorphos orbiting around its parent body Didymos. One of the first features Hera will look ...

2024-02-26, 14:49 ESA

Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA?s ERS-2 reentered Earth?s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on 21 February 2024.Predicting the exact time and ...