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Space community, are you up for a challenge? 💡Help a lost lunar rover find its way in a new competition by @esa.int’s Advanced Concepts Team 🌕 Datasets will be available from 1 November. Learn more about the Lunar X-view challenge here 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

🌕 @exploration.esa.int’s Argonaut landers will deliver technology demonstrators, infrastructure and science to the Moon 📦 A new lunar crane, developed by COMOTI and Initium Space in Romania, will help landers like Argonaut unload their cargo onto the lunar surface 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

💡 The latest ESA Academy Experiments team is from the University of Bologna, Italy, and explores how a swarm of autonomous robots could help tackle space debris 🛰️ Meet Star-bots ⭐ www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

A satellite image shows the Sun with a black dot at its centre, resembling a glaring eye in the darkness of space 👁️ 📸 The dot isn’t a camera failure, but a useful feature that the Trisat-S satellite leverages for navigation control 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

🤘 The fifth space metal lands on Earth, this time including miniature thrusters 🔥 Made by @esa.int’s metal 3D printer on the International Space Station, this sample was designed in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) @dlr-en.bsky.social. 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

🦾 A robot clutches onto pieces of equipment to steadily build a structure underneath itself, piece by piece, to demonstrate how large structures could be assembled in space 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

When a satellite runs out of fuel, its mission is over ❌⛽ That's why @esa.int is working towards a future where spacecraft can rendezvous, dock, refuel, repair, recalibrate and even be repurposed for new missions indefinitely: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

💡 Do you have a disruptive idea, a technology development, or a product ready for in-orbit demonstrations? @esa.int ’s technology programmes can help! One simplified approach for industry to access funding, expertise and facilities: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

🧹 As we celebrate #ZeroDebris week, the ESA-supported CubeSat GOMX-5 is preparing to launch with a mission that combines sustainable space operations and practical services on Earth 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Will we be passengers or pilots? Customers or service providers? Tenants or architects? At the International Space Summit, I argued that Europe must take steps now to shape its own future in space. Read my full speech 🧑‍🚀🚀 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corpora... #ParisSpaceSummit

Last night we brought together astronauts, ministers, industry leaders and space enthusiasts to celebrate the imagination, innovation and cooperation that define Europe's journey in space. From Earth orbit to deep space, we were reminded that today's ambitions become tomorrow's achievements.

🌈 This year’s Leiden Canal Pride Parade was, once again, fabulous! 🌈 A huge thank you to everyone who came to cheer, dance, and celebrate diversity with us. The vibes were immaculate ✨💃 Space for all! ❤️ #canalprideleiden #prideleiden #pride

🧑‍🚀🌙 Why and how do we protect astronauts from lunar dust? 🎧 Find out in the newest episode of our Discovery and Preparation podcast: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

🚀 Registration is now OPEN for the ESA ESTEC Open Day on 27 September! Meet the people behind Europe's space missions, explore ESTEC, enjoy interactive demonstrations and discover the future of space. 🔓 Secure your free ticket today: atpi.eventsair.com/estec-open-d... #ESAOpenDay #ESTEC #Space 🚀

🚀 Registration opens tomorrow for the ESA ESTEC Open Day! Discover ESA's technical heart, learn about the PLATO and Hera missions, and experience space up close 🌍🛰️🔭 Registration opens tomorrow: 31 August 📢 Open Day for the general public: 27 September 📅

🚀 2 days to go! Bring your questions, your family and your curiosity. Meet astronauts who have flown to space! 🌍✨ Join Andre Kuipers, Matthias Maurer and Daniel Tani at the ESA ESTEC Open Day and hear about life beyond Earth 👨‍🚀 Registration opens 31 August 📣

🚀 Only 3 days until registration opens! ✨ Meet the experts behind ESA’s Earth observation missions and discover how advanced technology helps us better understand and protect our home planet. 🛰️🌍 Registration opens Monday 31 August. Open Day for the general public.

🚀 4 days until the ESA Open Day registrations for ESTEC! Don't miss the NL Space Tent Discover Dutch space companies, innovative technologies, and how the Netherlands is shaping Europe's future in space. 📅 Monday 31 August #ESAOpenDay #NLSpace #NetherlandsSpace #SpaceForTalent #SpaceRocks #NLSA

🚀 The ESA ESTEC Open Day is back! Over the years, thousands of curious visitors have joined us to explore the future of space, and this year we're opening our doors once again! 📅 Monday, 31 August #ESAOpenDay #NLSpace #NetherlandsSpace #spacefortalent #SpaceRocks #NLSA

🐦‍🔥 ESA engineers and industry partners reviewed a concept for Phoenix 3 – a reusable spacecraft that would fly experiments in microgravity and return them safely back to Earth, proposed by the European startup ATMOS Space Cargo 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

A double eclipse? 🤔 Yes, you heard right. Our Proba-3 mission normally doesn’t need the Moon’s help when creating an artificial solar eclipse. But this time, the Moon didn’t want to be left out 🌚 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... #EuropeanSolarEclipse

In just two days, parts of Europe will experience a total solar eclipse! ☀️🌑 But these are rare and give scientists little time to study the Sun's corona. Here's how @esa.int is mimicking and modelling the eclipse to learn more about our star 👀 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

🪂 A drone carrying an unusual payload recently took to the skies above ESTEC, @esa.int’s technical centre in the Netherlands, marking the first test flight of a student-developed radar retroreflector technology 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

Proba-3 plays hide and seek 🔎 During a routine operation, one of our eclipse-maker satellites snapped a photo of the other… and our planet just happened to be there too! Can you spot Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft in the foreground? 👀 Let us help you: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

📡 While traditional antennas rely on mechanical tilting to maintain contact with their target, phased array antennas enable satellites and ground terminals to communicate without any moving parts. They use specialised microchips to do that 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Plato meets Maxwell Our terrestrial planet hunter Plato has recently completed a series of key tests inside the Maxwell Test Chamber at ESTEC, demonstrating that its electronic equipment is fit to work in space. 🔭 🧪 1/3

This firing marked the first commissioning test of @esa.int's new Chemical Propulsion Laboratory 🚀 The facility has been designed to give startups, researchers and industry faster access to propulsion testing for small satellites and emerging space technologies 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Yesterday, the Artemis II crew visited ESTEC to meet the teams behind Orion’s European Service Module, which powered their historic journey around the Moon and back. 🌕🚀 🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

🌕🤝 Celebrating the transatlantic collaboration of humankind's return to deep space 👨‍🚀 Yesterday, the Artemis II astronauts visited @esa.int in the Netherlands to meet the teams behind the European Service Module that powered Orion around the Moon and back home 🚀. 🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

What happens to a miniature camera system under intense radiation? 📸 ☢️ A team from the University of Maribor tested their tiny camera – about the size of a 20 cent coin’s edge – inside a facility at CERN. Check out the result 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

🚀 Visit ESTEC, our technology centre in the Netherlands, on 26-27 September! ✨ Saturday 26 September - dedicated to visitors with a disability and their carers ✨ Sunday 27 September - general open day 🔗 Registration opens later this summer, keep an eye on our socials! Save the date! 👇

✨Take a look at some of ESA’s recent stories in the latest #ESAimpact! Learn more about Europe’s role in Artemis II, dive into Juice’s encounter with comet 3I/ATLAS, explore recent launches including the first Celeste satellites and IRIDE additions, and more 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

One robotic arm to rule them all 🦾🧝‍♂️ www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

⚠️ Warning: vacuum, extreme temperatures, radiation ⚠️ Any hardware going to space must be able to withstand such harsh conditions 👆 @esa.int’s researchers work hard on testing space-proof materials.💡 Read about the young talents among them: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

🪱 The inchworm might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think of planetary exploration – but their elegant crawling inspired researchers to develop a new type of space robot! 🤖 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

An ExoMars mini-capsule is back at @esa.int after surviving aerodynamic tests, free-flying at 4300 km per hour. Met a curious robot. Talked of Mars and the Rosalind Franklin rover... www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Walking on the Moon, operating a spacecraft, or floating aboard the International Space Station… from the comfort of your home planet? 🤔 @esa.int is using Extended Reality to do just that! 👓 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou! Speaking of Y-wings, today at ESA ESTEC test centre, engineers deploy Plato’s Y-wing solar panels. While Plato may not be carrying a hyperdrive or an astromech droid, it will ‘use the Flux’ to detect brightness dips caused by transiting exoplanets. Happy #StarWarsDay!

When you rub a balloon on your hair, electrostatic forces make the two stick together🎈 🫴 A new device by the Italian start-up Adaptronics works on a similar principle to capture objects in space: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

🌕 Electronics from moondust: a new ESA Discovery project led by the Danish Technological Institute is studying how lunar soil could be transformed into printable circuits, enabling in‑situ repair and manufacturing on the Moon. 🧪🔭 🔗 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

🛰️ @esa.int’s Navigation Lab at ESTEC, the agency’s technical centre, received the first successful transmission of a navigation signal from a European satellite in low Earth orbit! It came from @navigation.esa.int’s Celeste mission 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

The first Proba-3 science results are in! ☀️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Close to the Sun, it spotted solar wind moving 3–4 times faster than expected Curious? 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @orb-ksb.bsky.social @technology.esa.int

Congratulations @exploration.esa.int! 🌒🚀 Europe is proud to have enabled #Artemis II with the European Service Module - delivering propulsion, power and life support for Orion and its crew. Built by European industry and monitored 24/7 by ESA teams, the ESM is a strong example of ESA technologies.

The task of an attitude control system is to make sure a spacecraft points exactly where it needs to 🛰️🫵 In the case of CubeSpec, that target will be a star ✨ Learn more about how we make sure this pointing instrument is as accurate as possible 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Graphene lights the way. Literally. Watch how aerogel cubes made of graphene react to light in microgravity. This innovative material could revolutionise propulsion beyond Earth. 🚀 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

🤏 Hidden inside this tiny chip developed by IMST is an innovation that enables the deployment of next‑generation satellites carrying either digital communications, Earth observation, or navigation payloads 🛰️🌏🧭 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

ETO and ESA have launched a collaboration on cost estimation for the Einstein Telescope, formalised in January 2026. A meeting at ESTEC on 24 March marked its strategic start. Read the interview: shorturl.at/rjnUo #EinsteinTelescope #ESA @technology.esa.int

💼 ESA recruits: from mechanical engineering to life sciences, @esa.int will publish more than 400 job opportunities in 2026! Find out more about who we are looking for in the latest newsletter 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/esa-re...