ESA Archives Portal

The latest opening of historical publications from the ESA Archives makes available the technical publishing of the two original European space organisations, documenting the scientific outcomes…

Our final opening of ESA historical publications for 2025, makes the ESA Scientific and Technical Review (ESA STR) available in the SHIP database. Compared to other ESA periodicals, the STR had a…

The beginning of a new academic year often signals the start of new research projects and activities. With this in mind, we have produced a quick recap of the resources that are available to…

Our latest opening for 2025 consists of a second tranche of material from the collection of ESRO (The European Space Research Organisation) and ESA Special Publications. These digitised highlights…

While we celebrate 50 years of ESA in 1975, the real ‘genesis moment’ for European space can be traced back to 1959, and the initial conversations between two celebrated physicists with a shared…

Despite the changing seasons, some of the fundamental work in the ESA Archives is ongoing, including our digitisation efforts. Our first opening for 2025 consists of a first tranche of material…

To conclude our programme for the first half of 2024, we have today made available the ESA F series of historical publications. This series offers snapshots of the public relations material…

The latest opening of material in our collections of historical publications continues our recent focus on 60 years of European cooperation in space: from today copies of the General Reports…

Today we have opened our first collection of material for 2024, and the latest in the series of historical ESA publications, comprising the press releases issued by the ESA HQ Communications…

Today we are celebrating the first anniversary of this website! We take a quick look back for a review of 2023 and recap of the material and collections that are currently available online in our…

This month marks 40 years since the launch of the first Spacelab mission in November 1983. We are celebrating Spacelab’s anniversary, and the beginning of ESA’s activities in human spaceflight, by…

With our fourth document collection, now open in the SHIP database, we are returning to the beginning of the European story in space. This new collection…