Tag: ESA

Discover more about the importance of land cover as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world

The Sun as seen today by the ESA-NASA SOHO observatory on the 20th anniversary of the pioneering satellite’s launch

Human spaceflight an operations image of the week: Testing pressure suits for Principia launch in two weeks

Farmers can now call on the latest satellite information using the unique TalkingFields service to get the best from their land while cutting the environmental cost. 

ESA is looking for a medical doctor to live for a year in Antarctica at the French–Italian Concordia research station. Your job is to run experiments in the Antarctic wilderness that help to prepare for future spaceflight beyond Earth orbit.

Technology image of the week: Robotic navigation testing with artificial rocks on beach next to ESA’s technical heart

Originally planned for a two-year mission, the ESA–NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO, is today celebrating two decades of scientific discovery.

An ESA-developed water treatment system has been chosen as one of a hundred top climate technologies to mark this week’s COP21 climate change summit in Paris.

The launch of LISA Pathfinder has been postponed

Follow a live webcast from LISA Pathfinder mission control on 2 December, when managers, scientists and experts brief the media, starting at 05:45 GMT (06:45 CET)

Follow the launch of our LISA Pathfinder mission on
2 December. Coverage from Kourou starts at 03:55 GMT (04:55 CET), with liftoff due at 04:15 GMT (05:15 CET)

Access our press releases, media calendar and ESA TV information for media professionals via the new media section on our mobile ESA website

Having completed their rigorous checks in space, two more of Europe’s Galileo satellites are now fully operational, broadcasting navigation signals and, from today, relaying search and rescue messages from across the globe.