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COSMOS Field MoM-z14 Galaxy (NIRCam pullout image)
COSMOS Field MoM-z14 Galaxy (NIRCam pullout)European Space Conference in Bruxelles: ESA DG keynote address on the second day
Watch the keynote address by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher on the second day of the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels.
The European Space Conference is a key strategic event bringing together representatives from ESA, the European Commission, industry, national space agencies and other European institutions to discuss the future of Europe in space.
ESA Director of Earth Observation speaking during media interactions at the European Space Conference
ESA Director of Science speaks at the European Space Conference
ESA Directors speak to media at the European Space Conference
European Space Conference in Bruxelles: “Competitiveness - A Make-or-Break Decade Ahead”
Watch the panel discussion “European Space competitiveness - A Make-or-Break Decade Ahead”, featuring ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher.
The European Space Conference is a key strategic event bringing together representatives from ESA, the European Commission, industry, national space agencies and other European institutions to discuss the future of Europe in space.
ESA Director of Space Transportation speaks at the European Space Conference
European Space Conference in Bruxelles: ESA DG keynote address
Watch the keynote address by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher at the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels.
The European Space Conference is a key strategic event bringing together representatives from ESA, the European Commission, industry, national space agencies and other European institutions to discuss the future of Europe in space.
Astrophysical anomalies from Hubble’s archive
Astrophysical anomalies from Hubble’s archiveESA Director General delivers keynote at the European Space Conference
ESA Director of Navigation speaks during the European Space Conference
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski speaks at the European Space Conference
ESA Director of Earth Observation speaks during the European Space Conference
ESA Director of Technology introduces the Industrialisation Centre of Competence
European Commissioner and ESA Director General speak to media at the European Space Conference
Delegates at the European Space Conference visit the ESA booth
ESA Director General delivers keynote speech at the European Space Conference
ESA booth at the 18th European Space Conference
Commissioner delivers opening address at European Space Conference 2026
European Space Conference in Bruxelles: EU-ESA statement to the press
Watch the statement to the press by ESA Director General, Josef Aschbacher, and European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius.
The European Space Conference is a key strategic event bringing together representatives from ESA, the European Commission, industry, national space agencies and other European institutions to discuss the future of Europe in space.
Temperatures over Europe and northern Africa by MTG-Sounder
Hayli Gubbi eruption in Ethiopia, by MTG-Sounder
This animation uses data from the MTG-Sounder satellite’s Infrared Sounder instrument. It tracks the eruption of Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano on 23 November 2025.
The background imagery shows surface temperature changes while infrared channels highlight the developing ash plume. The satellite's timely observations enable tracking of the evolving ash plume over time.
Artemis II rollout
On 17 January, the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft were rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to Launch Pad 39B. The 6.5-km journey took around 12 hours and was carried out using NASA's crawler-transporter, which has been moving rockets to launch pads for over 50 years.
At the top of the rocket sits the Orion spacecraft, bearing the ESA and NASA logo and designed to carry four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby mission. Artemis II will be the first crewed flight of the Artemis programme and the first time humans have ventured towards the Moon in over 50 years.
Their journey depends on our European Service Module, built by industry from more than 10 countries across Europe. This powerhouse will take over once Orion separates from the rocket, supplying electricity from tis four seven-metre-long solar arrays, providing air and water for the crew, and performing key propulsion burns during the mission, including the critical trans-lunar injection that sends the spacecraft and its crew on their trajectory towards the Moon.
Aerial view of booster for Ariane 6 flight VA267 heading to the launch pad
Aerial view of booster for Ariane 6 flight VA267 heading to the launch padIgnis mission timelapses: Earth and Moon views from the International Space Station
ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski captured these stunning timelapse videos during his 20-day stay aboard the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 4, known as Ignis. Filmed from the Cupola – the Space Station’s iconic seven-windowed observation module – the footage showcases breathtaking views of Earth and the Moon from orbit.
Launched on 25 June 2025 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Sławosz conducted 13 experiments proposed by Polish institutions in collaboration with ESA, plus three ESA-led investigations. These spanned human research, materials science, biology, biotechnology and technology demonstrations.
The Ax-4 mission marks the second commercial human spaceflight for an ESA project astronaut. Ignis was sponsored by the Polish government and supported by ESA, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MRiT) and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA).
Earth from Space: Pantanal
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us at the Brazilian-Bolivian border over part of the Pantanal region, a unique ecosystem, home to an impressive variety of plants and wildlife.ESA Director General discusses wildfire management at the World Economic Forum annual meeting
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti speaks on a panel at the World Economic Forum annual meeting
ESA Academy Experiments teams at the Orbital Robotics Laboratory
After being selected to join the ESA Academy Experiments programme, three student teams from universities across Europe were invited to carry out the experimental part of their research projects in ESA’s test facilities with support and guidance from experts.
For their experiments, the student teams made use of ESA’s ORBIT facility – a part of the Orbital Robotic Laboratory (ORL) located at ESTEC, the agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands. ORBIT consists of a 43 m2 ultra-flat floor – the height difference between its lowest and highest points is less than a millimetre.
The Skywalker team from Aalborg University, Denmark, used the simulated two-dimensional microgravity environment to test the reinforcement learning algorithms they have developed for their robotic arm. Their project aims to demonstrate the concept of autonomous crawling in microgravity.
In the very first ORBIT facility experiment involving human participants, the V-STARS team from Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of Kent, UK, investigated the relationship between the human vestibular system (region of the inner ear responsible for body balance) and the perception of verticality in a microgravity environment.
The GRASP team from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, explored an innovative approach to performing manoeuvres with non-cooperative objects in space. The robotic arm they have developed themselves is sporting an adhesive gripper inspired by geckos.
A celebrity cluster in the spotlight
A celebrity cluster in the spotlight