Within the Institute of Biomedical Problems, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, engineers and scientists are completing the construction of a mock-up spaceship which will simulate a voyage to Mars.

A recent meteorite strike in Peru highlights the practical benefits expected from ESA's Rosetta and Don Quijote missions.

With an Italian name, an Italian astronaut on board and a module (Node 2) developed by Italian industry and financed by ESA's Member States, the Esperia Mission puts Europe at the forefront of space engineering and space exploration.

Highlight interviews with ESA and other top space agencies from a workshop aimed at sharing best practices and enhancing international cooperation for satellite tracking systems.

ESA joins other major space and aviation players at the 8th International Aviation and Space Salon, MAKS 2007, at the Zhukovsky Air Base near Moscow this week, inaugurated by President Vladimir Putin.

In the northern Italian town of Turin on the 19 July 2007, scientists and engineers from the European Space Agency held a press conference to celebrate the completion of the new Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE).

Jules Verne ATV is the largest spacecraft ever developed in Europe. ATV will be crucial for ISS operations, whilst it also brings Europe a step further in the exploration of our Solar System.

A fast-paced multimedia profile of the people, technologies and passions that animate ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC).

International astronauts in a lively, roundtable discussion on humanity's next steps in space.

ESA programme highlights at the Paris International Air Show at Le Bourget.