For the first time in over 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon. This time, Europe is part of that journey.

Artemis II is the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis programme and will bring four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.
What carries them on this voyage is the Orion spacecraft, powered by our European Service Module (ESM).

The ESM is built by 20 companies across Europe, led by prime contractor Airbus. The module will provide all the air and water needed by the crew throughout their journey, and

Watch the replay of the Smile pre-launch media briefing. The briefing covered key details ahead of the mission’s launch aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Smile is a joint mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have joined forces to capture new views of Saturn, revealing the planet in strikingly different ways. Infrared and visible observations show layers and storms in the ringed planet’s atmosphere.

The Space for Sustainability project sponsors the European Space for Sustainability Award.

Founded in 2012, the award aims to raise awareness and promote creative ideas. The European Space Agency, the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC), and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) sponsor the award as part of their efforts to find new ways to lighten the space industry’s footprint on Earth, in orbit and beyond.