ESA operates on the basis of geographical return, i.e. it invests in each Member State, through industrial contracts for space programmes, an amount more or less equivalent to each country’s […]

Find out more about the #SuperBlueBloodMoon with @NASAMoon – starts shortly! https://t.co/idXiT52T6z — ESA (@esa) January 30, 2018

P120 are expendable. Prometheus is a demonstrator project. So not on Ariane 6 or Vega-C. Prometheus is set to power Europe’s future launchers and will be ground tested in Nov […]

The @esaspaceflight #ImageOfTheWeek takes us back to 2007 and pre-launch testing of the 'racks' that make Columbus a world-class laboratory #Columbus10Years https://t.co/4cybqJW9Sc pic.twitter.com/IciWvKNrds — ESA (@esa) January 30, 2018

#Columbus10years: The November 1988 issue of the #ESA #Bulletin, featured a history of the Columbus programme, itself now 30 years old! Note the 'original' Columbus project logo on the cover! […]

If you live in #Italy or if you vacationed there last summer chances are you remember the severe drought that hit the 'boot'. Here's how the #drought looked from #space: […]

14 times 13 @esa astronauts visited the ISS with Columbus and conducted valuable experiments in the laboratory. Which astronaut visited twice 🚀? #Columbus10years pic.twitter.com/iBj9X1r1tG — Airbus Space (@AirbusSpace) January 30, […]