ESA's Kiruna celebrates 30 years of space excellence
Wednesday, 07 October 2020 11:00September 2020 - ESA's Kiruna ground station in northern Sweden celebrates 30 years of space excellence. Near the top of the world, at a latitude of almost 68° north and sited 38 kilometres east of Kiruna town, the Kiruna ground station has been operational for 30 years. Ideally positioned to support polar-orbiting missions, the station is a crucial gateway for much of the data enabling us to study our planet's oceans, water and atmosphere, forecast weather and understand the rapid advance of climate change. With its two sophisticated antennas, it also supports some of ESA’s scientific missions
P120C motor configured for Ariane 6 is test fired
Wednesday, 07 October 2020 07:00Orion Window Panel Complete for Front-Row View on Artemis Moon Mission
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 04:49As NASA's Orion spacecraft approaches the Moon on the Artemis III mission to put the first woman and next man on the lunar surface, the crew will get a glimpse through the spacecraft's windows. The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module - a cone panel with openings for windows which will provide that spectacular view - was designed by Orion's lead contractor, Lockheed
The Eutelsat Quantum satellite in the radio-frequency test facility
Monday, 27 July 2020 05:56First Eurostar Neo satellite's service module
Wednesday, 15 July 2020 10:08A sample is transferred for COVID-19 testing inside the mobile bio-lab in Piedmont
Monday, 29 June 2020 14:38The ESAIL maritime satellite
Friday, 26 June 2020 13:02Huge satellite shipping container arrives in Cannes
Monday, 14 October 2019 08:01Meteosat Third Generation
Wednesday, 31 October 2018 15:31Meteosat Third Generation
ESA Orion blog with icon
Wednesday, 02 December 2015 08:16ESA's Orion blog
Updates on Artemis and the European Service Module for Orion
Where missions come alive
Monday, 03 August 2015 13:00
Step inside ESA's Main Control Room at the Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany
Photo credit: ESA/J. Mai
Sentinel-2 website
Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:42Copernicus Sentinel-2
Black holes
Thursday, 17 July 2003 11:28What are black holes? How do they form and evolve? What effect do they have on their surroundings and the rest of the Universe – and why should we care about them?