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The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA Top News
ESA Top News

ESA Top News

April 12th, 2024 09:10:00 EDT -0400 EarthCARE mission card for portal

EarthCARE - ESA's cloud and aerosol mission

June 13th, 2023 04:17:00 EDT -0400 Space awaits you! More ESA vacancies open for applications
Space awaits you!

In March, we announced that 2023 would see the publication of over 300 vacancies at ESA. New vacancies keep being published as we continue our search for talented and motivated professionals to join our teams across Europe and support our mission of the peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of everyone. Could ESA be the next step in your career? Read more to find out!

April 25th, 2024 05:04:00 EDT -0400 Ariane 6 media kit

Ariane 6 media kit

April 27th, 2024 06:00:00 EDT -0400 Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky

The first images captured by the innovative mission were presented at the 7th workshop of the Einstein Probe consortium in Beijing. They illustrate the satellite’s full potential and show that its novel optics, which mimic a lobster’s eyes, are ready to monitor the X-ray sky. The space X-ray telescope zoomed in on a few well-known celestial objects to give us a hint of what the mission is capable of.

April 26th, 2024 11:30:00 EDT -0400 Start of the first Ariane 6 launch campaign
Completing Ariane 6 propulsion elements on the launchpad
April 26th, 2024 09:10:00 EDT -0400 Week in images: 22-26 April 2024
ESA astronaut class of 2022 graduation ceremony

Week in images: 22-26 April 2024

Discover our week through the lens

April 26th, 2024 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Seychelles
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean.
April 25th, 2024 10:17:00 EDT -0400 First Ariane 6 booster gets lift to launch zone
First Ariane 6 booster gets lift to launch zone Image: First Ariane 6 booster gets lift to launch zone
April 25th, 2024 03:00:00 EDT -0400 ESA opens ideas factory to boost space innovation in Austria
Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA233

A centre to innovate the design and manufacture of space hardware has today opened in Vienna. Driving commercialisation in space, it is the first of its kind of ESA-backed disruptive innovation centres outside ESA’s own premises.