European Space Agency news
President of France Emmanuel Macron visits the Par...
Image: Marking the first public day of this year’s International Paris Air Show, the President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the Paris Space Hub. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander welcomed President Macron,...
Week in images: 16-20 June 2025
Week in images: 16-20 June 2025 Discover our week through the lens
Earth from Space: Vienna’s Danube divide
Image: A close-up view of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image from April 2025.
ESA Delivers: 50 years booklet
ESA Delivers: 50 years booklet 50 hallmark achievements across 50 years
ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Four Highlights
The European Space Agency looked back on its heritage and looked forward to a sustainable future on the fourth day of the International Paris Air Show.
“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing...
Astronomers have discovered a huge filament of hot gas bridging four galaxy clusters. At 10 times as massive as our galaxy, the thread could contain some of the Universe’s ‘missing’ matter, addressing a decades-long mystery.
ESA at Le Bourget 2025 – Day Three Highlights
The European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius attended the third day of the International Paris Air Show.
ESA - European Commission Press Conference at Pari...
Video: 00:17:03 Watch the replay of the ESA-European Commission press conference with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, and Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, held at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 18 June...
Call with Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski at Paris Air...
Video: 00:12:58 Watch the replay of the call between Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, ESA project astronaut. This call took place at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le...
ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Two Highlights
The beginning of the industrial development of LISA was among the highlights for the European Space Agency on the second day of the International Paris Air Show.
ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day One Highlights
The European Space Agency has begun the 55th International Paris Air Show by unveiling the first images from the Proba-3 spacecraft.
First artificial solar eclipse in space
Video: 00:01:40 Proba-3 artificially created what is normally a rare natural phenomenon: a total solar eclipse.In a world first, ESA’s Proba-3 satellites flew in perfect formation, blocking the Sun’s bright disc to reveal its fiery corona. This enigmatic outer...
Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse
Today, the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard positioning technologies,...
ESA-CNES press conference at Le Bourget Paris Air ...
Video: 00:24:33 Watch the replay of the ESA-CNES press conference held at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 16 June 2025, with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, and Lionel Suchet, Executive Vice President of CNES.Download the...
Week in images: 09-13 June 2025
Week in images: 09-13 June 2025 Discover our week through the lens
ESA at Le Bourget 2025
ESA at Le Bourget 2025
Earth from Space: East Kalimantan, Borneo
Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this image over part of eastern Borneo, a tropical island in Southeast Asia.
334th ESA Council: Media information session
Video: 01:15:00 Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) brief journalists on the key decisions made during the ESA Council meeting held at ESA Headquarters...