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The Astronaut Academy: "Space provides this unique environment"

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tells Euronews about the latest scientific experiment she worked on as an astronaut on a mission to the International Space Station.

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The final frontier: astronauts on ISS tell euronews about humanity's future in space

The future of space exploration, the emergence of the private space sector and daily life in orbit were among the topics Euronews’ Claudio Rosmino

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How to get a nice haircut in space?

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Will hypersonic passenger planes ever be a reality?

Passenger planes today are comfortable and reliable, but could they fly faster? The latest engineering developments suggest we could speed planes up

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Do you know: how to fly around the world in 3 hours?

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What is a black hole?

What is a black hole? A black hole is a region of space containing matter so dense light is unable to travel through it fast enough. The

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Philae, drones, bedbugs and astronauts: How startups take space tech down to Earth

This month’s Space focuses on startups in Europe that are finding everyday Earthly applications for space innovations. There’s a long tradition of

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The Astronaut Academy: "As soon as they progress, we start adding malfunctions"

“You need to be a good handyman if you want to be a good astronaut,” smiles French astronaut Thomas Pesquet as he trains on the Columbus module of

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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on Mars, Rosetta and space tourism

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Rosetta captures some of the first 67P comet close-ups

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European Space Agency's IXV wingless experimental spacecraft successfully returns to earth.

The European Space Agency’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, as its called blasted off from its launchpad in French Guiana. Its flight path was

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[In pictures] Europe's IXV space research mission

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ESA preps for its first space-plane blast off

The European Space Agency is making the final preparations for its first ever space-plane launch on Wednesday. The IXV, short for Intermediate

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[As it happened] Europe's IXV spaceplane mission success

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Why is Europe's IXV spaceplane mission so vital?

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Dark matter, dark energy: ESA and CERN set to unravel mysteries of the cosmos

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The Astronaut Academy: 'Learning Russian is the biggest challenge'

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ESA EAC chief Frank De Winne on what it takes to be an astronaut

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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on dreams, infinity and training for space

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The quest to capture gravitational waves

The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is due to set off in autumn 2015 in a bid to prove that it is possible to observe gravitational waves in space. If we can manage to capture these waves, then we should