European Space Agency

Space Submarines Will Allow Us to Explore the Seas of Icy Moons

Philae. Credit: Ita Mehrotra

Farewell, Philae! Space Agency Pulls Plug on Humankind’s First Comet-Trotter

An artist's illustration of the LISA Pathfinder mission in space. Credit: ESA

Pathfinder Mission Eases Our Way to Exploring the Gravitational Universe

Mercury: ‘First Rock From the Sun’ in Transit

A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on April 8, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Tim Peake/ESA/NASA/Handout via Reuters

Five Human Spaceflight Missions to Look Forward to in the Next Decade

Roscosmos's Proton rocket takes off with the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli lander on March 14, 2016, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credit: ESA

First ExoMars Mission Takes Off to Join Search for Alien Life

Artist concept of NASA's Europa mission spacecraft approaching its target for one of many flybys. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Could There Be Life on Europa? NASA Okays Mission to Find Out