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- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union6 Oct 2026
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 2
International cooperation remained at the heart of ESA’s participation in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, as ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher held a series of high-level…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union6 Oct 2026
Webb captures commotion from nebula’s stellar jets
Image: Webb captures commotion from nebula’s stellar jets
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union6 Oct 2026
Watch Sophie Adenot return to Earth
On 7 October 2026, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and her Crew-12 crewmates will undock from the International Space Station at around 12:05 GMT/14:05 CEST to begin their journey back to Earth.
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union6 Oct 2026
European rover trains for Mars in the desert
For eight days, a Mars rover prototype travelled 220 metres across a barren landscape, following commands from a science team some 1200 kilometres away.
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union5 Oct 2026
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 1
Stronger European capabilities and deeper international cooperation were at the heart of ESA’s first day at the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye. From exploration to the contribution…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union2 Oct 2026
Week in images: 28 Sep - 2 Oct 2026
Week in images: 28 Sep - 2 Oct 2026 Discover our week through the lens
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union2 Oct 2026
Beyond the airlock - Sophie Adenot's three spacewalks
Video: 00:08:40 For ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, her first steps into space were only the beginning. In less than 15 days, she performed three extravehicular activities, or EVAs, spending 19 hours and 42 minutes outside…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union2 Oct 2026
Earth from Space: Typhoon Surigae
Image: This false-colour, polarised image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows us the surface of the sea beneath the clouds, as seen by the satellite’s radar instrument. The sea conditions reflect the strong winds as…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union2 Oct 2026
Jammertest pumps up the jam in Norway
Every September, for one week, the airwaves above the Arctic island of Andøya, Norway, become some of the most heavily attacked in the world. For a good reason: Jammertest. From the small village of Bleik, 69 degrees…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union1 Oct 2026
Juice’s September 2026 Earth flyby: the movie
Video: 00:00:48 On 28 September 2026, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ( Juice ) successfully completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. Flight controllers guided the spacecraft close to our home planet to increase its…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union1 Oct 2026
ESA at the 77th International Astronautical Congress
The European Space Agency (ESA) will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which opens on Monday 5 October and runs until Friday 9 October in Antalya, Türkiye. More than 6 000 participants…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union1 Oct 2026
EarthCARE’s view of volcanic plume boosts air safety
When Anak Krakatau erupted a few weeks ago, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite, orbiting above, captured vertical profiles of different constituents within the volcanic plume. Designed primarily to advance…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union30 Sept 2026
Science begins for Smile
On 23 September, the European-Chinese Smile mission was declared ready to start revealing how Earth responds to the wind of charged particles from the Sun. This follows a busy in-space commissioning period since the…
- ESA Space NewsEuropean Union21 Jan 2026
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