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Sentinel-2C model in ESOC's Main Control Room

Enabling & Support

A smooth start to life in orbit for Sentinel-2C

10/09/2024 1519 views 38 likes

Cluster satellite reenters Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission

09/09/2024 8845 views 51 likes

Mission control GO for Sentinel-2C launch

Enabling & Support

Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals

03/09/2024 2230 views 34 likes

BepiColombo Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory

02/09/2024 11418 views 60 likes

Cluster satellite reentering Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South Pacific

22/08/2024 4543 views 45 likes

Juice waves Earth goodbye once again

Science & Exploration

Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby

21/08/2024 37119 views 104 likes

Hera glides past Didymos to Dimorphos

Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

31/07/2024 3309 views 49 likes

Hera inter-satellite link with Juventas CubeSat

Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with inter-linked radio

24/07/2024 1157 views 3 likes

ESA Kourou communicates with IM-1 at the Moon

Enabling & Support

ESA stations support three Moon missions in 2024

20/07/2024 1054 views 9 likes

Juice flies by the Moon

Enabling & Support

Preparing for Juice’s daring double flyby

18/07/2024 2793 views 41 likes

Gaia mapping the stars of the Milky Way

Enabling & Support

Double trouble: Gaia hit by micrometeoroid and solar storm

17/07/2024 21584 views 167 likes

Santa Maria station

Enabling & Support

Tracking Ariane 6 as it soars over the Azores

04/07/2024 5137 views 45 likes

Hera's control team visits the spacecraft inside its cleanroom

Countdown to Hera: launch campaign begins at ESOC

27/06/2024 2022 views 23 likes

Hera and CubeSats in Maxwell chamber

Hera and its CubeSats speak with mission control

13/06/2024 2146 views 11 likes

EarthCARE: to understand how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's radiation balance

Enabling & Support

EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission

05/06/2024 2082 views 20 likes

OPS-SAT's mission is complete

Enabling & Support

Mission complete for ESA’s OPS-SAT flying laboratory

04/06/2024 1474 views 13 likes

Hera approaches Dimorphos

Virtual flying lessons for Hera asteroid mission

29/05/2024 2526 views 7 likes

BepiColombo approaching Mercury

Enabling & Support

Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft t…

15/05/2024 11963 views 100 likes

ESA's new spacecraft control facility in Germany

Enabling & Support

The spacecraft control centre of the future

14/05/2024 4399 views 41 likes

Mission control during EarthCARE launch preparations

Enabling & Support

Mission control ready for EarthCARE despite disruption

06/05/2024 2326 views 26 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Hera asteroid mission’s side-trip to Mars

25/04/2024 2655 views 31 likes

Juice flyby of Callisto (artist’s impression)

Enabling & Support

Juice aces Callisto flyby test

11/04/2024 2966 views 43 likes

Enabling & Support

Solar Orbiter prepared for ‘worst-case scenario’

02/04/2024 3257 views 34 likes

Juventas CubeSat deployment

Radar journey to centre of Hera’s asteroid with Juventas Cu…

27/03/2024 2309 views 9 likes

Science & Exploration

Euclid's sight restored

26/03/2024 6100 views 55 likes

Euclid artist impression

Science & Exploration

Operations begin to de-ice Euclid’s vision

19/03/2024 23006 views 49 likes

Milani CubeSat deployed from Hera asteroid mission

Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining Hera asteroid mission

14/03/2024 2429 views 18 likes

Simulation of DART's impact on Dimorphos

DART impact might have reshaped Hera's target asteroid

26/02/2024 4601 views 45 likes

Euclid's twin arrives at mission control - front view

Enabling & Support

Euclid's 'twin' arrives at ESA mission control

14/02/2024 1473 views 23 likes

ESA Transportable Optical Ground Station

Enabling & Support

ESA shipping container's laser link to space

08/02/2024 3330 views 25 likes

Proba-3 satellites

Enabling & Support

Picturing Proba-3 for safer double satellite control

01/02/2024 979 views 6 likes

4-satellite Cluster mission

Enabling & Support

Salsa’s last dance targets reentry over South Pacific

26/01/2024 4077 views 36 likes

ISRO delegation visits ESA - Team photo

Enabling & Support

ISRO delegation visits ESA mission control

11/01/2024 3652 views 12 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

Enabling & Support

Shining a light on NASA’s deep space demo

18/12/2023 6429 views 97 likes

CryoSat

Enabling & Support

Life beyond the leak for ESA’s CryoSat

22/11/2023 7256 views 139 likes

Juice approaches Earth

Enabling & Support

Juice burns hard towards first-ever lunar-Earth flyby

17/11/2023 16880 views 152 likes

Mars during the 2023 solar conjunction

Enabling & Support

Spacecraft fall silent as Mars disappears behind the Sun

17/11/2023 6430 views 123 likes

Science & Exploration

How to watch the reveal of Euclid’s first images live

31/10/2023 31473 views 137 likes

Science & Exploration

Media Invitation: Euclid mission to release first full-colo…

27/10/2023 3420 views 33 likes

Euclid artist impression

Science & Exploration

Guide stars found as Euclid's navigation fine tuned

05/10/2023 18144 views 109 likes

Science & Exploration

Follow Euclid's first months in space

05/10/2023 43139 views 409 likes

Artist impression of Euclid scanning the sky

Science & Exploration

Seeking Euclid's hidden stars: commissioning looks up

26/09/2023 12028 views 141 likes

Final images of Aeolus during its brief phase as space debris

Final images before Aeolus demise

05/09/2023 19094 views 83 likes

ESA ground stations support ISRO's Aditya-L1 solar observatory

Enabling & Support

How is ESA supporting ISRO’s Aditya-L1 solar mission?

31/08/2023 28459 views 111 likes

Chandrayaan-3 landing header image

Enabling & Support

India’s Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the Moon

23/08/2023 105175 views 380 likes

Rosetta at Comet (landscape)

Enabling & Support

Solar System fingerprints found in memories of ESA flotilla

10/08/2023 5540 views 81 likes

Understanding Earth’s winds

Aeolus: a historic end to a trailblazing mission

29/07/2023 15350 views 135 likes

Super-cool addition to deep space family

Enabling & Support

Euclid calling: downloading the Universe

19/07/2023 4808 views 105 likes

Aeolus teams take part in the first ever assisted reentry simulations at ESA mission control

Enabling & Support

Simulating Aeolus’s return: mission control feels the heat

18/07/2023 4760 views 89 likes

Enabling & Support

Euclid’s large halo around indefinitely small point

13/07/2023 5742 views 83 likes

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