ESA Exploration

exploration.esa.int

21 October 2026 16:25

Meet Argonaut: Europe's lunar lander programme 🌙 🚀 Launching on Ariane 6 rockets by end of 2030, Argonaut will deliver technology demonstrators 🤖, infrastructure 🏗️, science 🔬 and cargo 📦 to the Moon.

European Space Agency

esa.int

20 October 2026 15:49

Join us live on 22 October at 14:00 CEST for a media briefing on the main outcomes of the 350th ESA Council, taking place this week at ESA Headquarters in Paris. Watch live: watch.esa.int/Two/

ESA Space Science

science.esa.int

20 October 2026 09:37

Next stop: Phobos & Deimos 🌑 MMX has successfully launched from Tanegashima, Japan. Its mission is to observe Mars’s mysterious moons, collect a sample from the surface of Phobos and return it to Earth. Discover more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪

ESA Exploration

exploration.esa.int

19 October 2026 15:33

A prolific decade in Mars orbit. @esa.int’s Trace Gas Orbiter slipped into orbit around Mars at 17:24 CEST on 19 October 2016. Here are some impressive facts and figures about our largest Mars explorer 👇 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

ESA Space Science

science.esa.int

19 October 2026 14:24

Euclid discovers its first comet ☄️ That's quite impressive for a Dark Universe detective 🕵️ meant to take deep, steady images of distant galaxies, not fast-moving tiny objects. Discover more about the comet 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪