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Open-to-use SMILE antenna wins hertz and minds

22/11/2024 1320 views 11 likes

Hera fires its thrusters

Enabling & Support

Hera burns towards Mars

08/11/2024 5526 views 65 likes

CubeSat Deep Space Deployers in Hera spacecraft

Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home

28/10/2024 5291 views 62 likes

Members of the Hera operations team on launch day

Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come

10/10/2024 5089 views 54 likes

Lifting the dish at ESA's newest deep space antenna

Enabling & Support

Uplifting news! ESA crowns new deep space antenna in Austra…

02/10/2024 5125 views 50 likes

Final data captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

Sentinel-1B journeys back to Earth

23/09/2024 5553 views 61 likes

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

Enabling & Support

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

10/09/2024 2526 views 40 likes

Cluster satellite reenters Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission

09/09/2024 11811 views 53 likes

Mission control GO for Sentinel-2C launch

Enabling & Support

Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals

03/09/2024 2845 views 34 likes

BepiColombo Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory

02/09/2024 15935 views 66 likes

Cluster satellite reentering Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South Pacific

22/08/2024 6653 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 43216 views 111 likes

Hera glides past Didymos to Dimorphos

Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

31/07/2024 4672 views 51 likes

Hera inter-satellite link with Juventas CubeSat

Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with inter-linked radio

24/07/2024 2383 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 2235 views 10 likes

Juice flies by the Moon

Enabling & Support

Preparing for Juice’s daring double flyby

18/07/2024 3402 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 24890 views 182 likes

Santa Maria station

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Tracking Ariane 6 as it soars over the Azores

04/07/2024 6320 views 48 likes

Hera's control team visits the spacecraft inside its cleanroom

Countdown to Hera: launch campaign begins at ESOC

27/06/2024 3460 views 24 likes

Hera and CubeSats in Maxwell chamber

Hera and its CubeSats speak with mission control

13/06/2024 3194 views 12 likes

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

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EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission

05/06/2024 2509 views 20 likes

OPS-SAT's mission is complete

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Mission complete for ESA’s OPS-SAT flying laboratory

04/06/2024 2969 views 15 likes

Hera approaches Dimorphos

Virtual flying lessons for Hera asteroid mission

29/05/2024 3496 views 9 likes

BepiColombo approaching Mercury

Enabling & Support

Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft t…

15/05/2024 15024 views 107 likes

ESA's new spacecraft control facility in Germany

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The spacecraft control centre of the future

14/05/2024 6529 views 42 likes

Mission control during EarthCARE launch preparations

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Mission control ready for EarthCARE despite disruption

06/05/2024 2688 views 27 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Hera asteroid mission’s side-trip to Mars

25/04/2024 5382 views 36 likes

Juice flyby of Callisto (artist’s impression)

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Juice aces Callisto flyby test

11/04/2024 3662 views 43 likes

Enabling & Support

Solar Orbiter prepared for ‘worst-case scenario’

02/04/2024 3764 views 34 likes

Juventas CubeSat deployment

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

27/03/2024 4687 views 10 likes

Science & Exploration

Euclid's sight restored

26/03/2024 7856 views 60 likes

Euclid artist impression

Science & Exploration

Operations begin to de-ice Euclid’s vision

19/03/2024 24221 views 50 likes

Milani CubeSat deployed from Hera asteroid mission

Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining Hera asteroid mission

14/03/2024 4365 views 19 likes

Simulation of DART's impact on Dimorphos

DART impact might have reshaped Hera's target asteroid

26/02/2024 6167 views 48 likes

Euclid's twin arrives at mission control - front view

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Euclid's 'twin' arrives at ESA mission control

14/02/2024 1747 views 25 likes

ESA Transportable Optical Ground Station

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ESA shipping container's laser link to space

08/02/2024 4611 views 27 likes

Proba-3 satellites

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Picturing Proba-3 for safer double satellite control

01/02/2024 1290 views 6 likes

Four-satellite Cluster mission

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Salsa’s last dance targets reentry over South Pacific

26/01/2024 4761 views 36 likes

ISRO delegation visits ESA - Team photo

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ISRO delegation visits ESA mission control

11/01/2024 4184 views 12 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

Enabling & Support

Shining a light on NASA’s deep space demo

18/12/2023 8278 views 104 likes

CryoSat

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Life beyond the leak for ESA’s CryoSat

22/11/2023 7934 views 141 likes

Juice approaches Earth

Enabling & Support

Juice burns hard towards first-ever lunar-Earth flyby

17/11/2023 17749 views 152 likes

Mars during the 2023 solar conjunction

Enabling & Support

Spacecraft fall silent as Mars disappears behind the Sun

17/11/2023 7342 views 126 likes

Science & Exploration

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

31/10/2023 33066 views 138 likes

Science & Exploration

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

27/10/2023 3723 views 33 likes

Euclid artist impression

Science & Exploration

Guide stars found as Euclid's navigation fine tuned

05/10/2023 18992 views 109 likes

Science & Exploration

Follow Euclid's first months in space

05/10/2023 44826 views 410 likes

Artist impression of Euclid scanning the sky

Science & Exploration

Seeking Euclid's hidden stars: commissioning looks up

26/09/2023 12834 views 144 likes

Enabling & Support

Juice: why’s it taking sooo long

19/09/2023 19714 views 143 likes

Final images of Aeolus during its brief phase as space debris

Final images before Aeolus demise

05/09/2023 21784 views 85 likes

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