New Pokémon x ESA Collection Includes the Astronaut Pikachu Plush That Went to Space

Recognize the design? The new plush is modelled after the Pikachu plush ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot took on her flight to the ...

The ‘Black Sun’: ESA shares stunning satellite image of the Sun appearing black at its centre

ESA has released a striking image of the Sun appearing black at its centre. Here's why the ‘Black Sun’ effect occurs and how ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After an Eight-Year Journey, Two Spacecraft Have Begun Their Arrival to Mercury, the Inner Solar System’s Most Mysterious Planet

The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study our smallest planetary neighbor ...

If you’re looking, here’s a “good deal” for NASA and the European Space Agency

For the United States, Gateway was an unnecessary distraction and expense as NASA goes all-in on placing a surface station ...

Why did ESA's Juice spacecraft fly 8,640 km above Earth? Stunning images reveal its journey to Jupiter

ESA's Juice spacecraft flies 8,640 km above Earth, capturing images of Africa, Madagascar and the Moon during a crucial flyby ...
Ars Technica

ESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-Starship

The European Space Agency signed a contract Monday with Avio, the Italian company behind the small Vega rocket, to begin designing a reusable upper stage capable of flying into orbit, returning to ...
The Manila Times

Sistema Italia brings homegrown Filipino engineering to ESA's Earth Action stage in Frascati

PHILIPPINE energy-efficiency expertise stood this week inside the Big Hall of the European Space Agency's Centre for Earth Observation (ESA-Esrin) in Frascati, outside Rome, applied to Space Data & ...

Pikachu in space! New ESA-Pokemon partnership sends the electric mouse to the ISS

Pikachu is one of Earth's newest outer space ambassadors, thanks to a new partnership. The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have teamed up to honor World Space ...
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30 Years Ago, the ESA Almost Built Their Own Space Shuttle, Details Inside

It's not often we run into a spaceship concept we've straight up never seen before. But every so often, something long forgotten from the very fringes of science and engineering makes itself known to ...