European Space Agency

#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to engage with ESA leadership, astronauts and experts at the Berlin International Air Show #ILA2026 #Space4Future 🗓️ 10-14 June 2026 📍 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) Details and registration 👇 esa.int/Newsroom/Press…

Two national EO missions were launched yesterday onboard a @SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket: 🛰️Italy's @IrideSpazio (esa.int/Applications/O…) 🛰️Greece's Hellenic Fire System (esa.int/Applications/O…) Credits: SpaceX

Day 079, orbit 1222 — Sunday morning science with Sophie, episode 5: Water and convex lenses, part II. 🎥 @esa / @NASA #εpsilon • @Space_Station • @esaspaceflight • @NASA_Johnson

Day 076, orbit 1179 — Weighing yourself in weightlessness isn’t really about weight… it’s about mass. On Earth, a scale works because gravity pulls us down, but in microgravity everything floats, so that method simply doesn’t work. Instead, we use a special device that moves our body up and down, allowing us to determine our mass. Mass stays exactly the same, whether you’re on Earth or floating in orbit. 🎥 @esa / @NASA #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @NASA_Johnson • @Space_Station

Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month features a starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood 🏘️👋 NGC 3137 is located 53 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia (The Air Pump). It travels through space with a group of galaxies thought to be similar to the Local Group, with two large spiral galaxies and many smaller dwarf galaxies. 1/3

Ariane 6 #VA268, with four boosters, and carrying 32 @Amazonleo satellites to low Earth orbit, was launched this morning, 30 April 2026!

And we have liftoff for Ariane 6 🚀 Flight #VA268 has just left Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana and is heading to low Earth orbit.

🔴 Live now on youtube.com/watch?v=H0zLzw… Follow #VA268 on @ESA_transport 🚀

@ESA_fr @le20hfrancetele @Soph_astro 🥲

👉 L’interview émouvante de l'astronaute Sophie Adenot au JT de France 2 à revoir ici 🎥🚀 👉 En savoir plus sur la mission Epsilon : esa.int/Science_Explor… esa.int/Space_in_Membe… @le20hfrancetele @Soph_astro @esa

@le20hfrancetele 🥹

🔴🗣️"Je suis très fière des Français. (…) Je sais que les choses ne sont pas toujours faciles sur Terre… Je pense fort à vous. Profitez de la beauté de la vie sur Terre." Émue aux larmes, l’astronaute Sophie Adenot adresse un message aux Français #JT20h

Europe is warming >2x as fast as the global average, reducing snow & ice cover. High air temperatures, drought, heatwaves & record ocean temperatures affect regions from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. European State of Climate #ESOTC2025 out now. ➡️bit.ly/ESOTC2025pr

Watch the launch of Ariane 6 #VA268, Europe’s most powerful rocket, on its second flight with four boosters. Liftoff is scheduled for 30 April 2026, between 09:08-09:57 BST/10:08-10:57 CEST 👇 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

@DONTNOD_Ent @ericgeynes Good luck on the journey to Aphelion! 🫡

@ericgeynes A huge thank you to the teams at @ESA. Thanks to the expert advice of people who know space inside out, Aphelion is a game deeply grounded in science. Did you know? Ariane and Thomas even have their own mission page on the ESA website: dont-nod.games/HOPE-1

APHELION IS NOW LIVE WORLDWIDE Join Ariane and Thomas on Persephone, a stunning and hostile world where every step brings them closer to a choice between humanity’s future and each other. They cannot fail. Play Aphelion on PC, XBOX Series and PS5: dont-nod.games/Aphelion

Flight VA268/LE-02: Launch Update Flight VA268/LE-02 is now scheduled for April 30, 2026, within the following launch window: - 04:08 – 04:57 (Washington, D.C.) - 05:08 – 05:57 (Kourou) - 08:08 – 08:57 (UTC) - 10:08 – 10:57 (Paris) Ariane 6 is in the final phase of the launch campaign, with all systems ready to support launch on April 30. Launch preparations are complete and the payload composite, enclosing the 32 Amazon Leo satellites, has been successfully mated atop the launcher. #LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6 #VA268 @Amazonleo @ArianeGroup @esa @CNES @EuropeSpacePort

[🇫🇷 version FR 👇] Day 072, orbit 1113 — Sunday morning science with Sophie, episode 5: Water and convex lenses. 🎥 @esa / @NASA Jour 072, orbite 1113 – La science du dimanche matin avec Sophie, épisode 5 : Eau et lentilles convexes. #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @NASA_Johnson • @CNES • @ESA_fr

Times flies 🚀 Some 25 years ago, @esa astronaut Umberto Guidoni 🇮🇹 became the first European to reach the International @Space_Station. Umberto rocketed into orbit on space shuttle Endeavour. The STS-100 mission included installing the @csa_asc Canadarm2 robotic arm and delivering experiments. @ESA_Italia @ASI_spazio @ESA_History @NASAhistory

Happy Anniversary! 🎊 Hubble was launched #onthisday in 1990 and, every year since, it has been surprising us with its cosmic views 📸🌌  Check out the best images Hubble had to offer in its 36th year in our latest #SpaceSparks episode! 1/2

Day 068, orbit 1054 — Opening the shutters in the morning: what a beautiful way to start the day! 🌍 🎥 NASA/ESA #εpsilon • @esa • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @NASA • @NASA_Johnson •

🚀 #Smile is set to launch on 19 May 2026, at 04:52 BST / 05:52 CEST, on Vega‑C #VV29 from Europe’s Spaceport, to study how Earth responds to solar activity. 🔗esa.int/Science_Explor… @Avio_Group @CAS__Science @esascience @ESA_transport @EuropeSpacePort

🌕 Electronics from moondust: a new ESA Discovery project led by the Danish Technological Institute is studying how lunar soil could be transformed into printable circuits, enabling in situ repair and manufacturing on the Moon. esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…