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Iodine thruster used to change the orbit of a small satellite for the first time ever

Iodine thruster could slow space junk accumulation

22/01/2021 7111 views 194 likes

Phoebus

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Tests prove carbon-fibre fuel tank for Phoebus upper stage

20/01/2021 5563 views 41 likes

Micro-photo of polyurethane fibres

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Greener polyurethanes for space and beyond

14/01/2021 11800 views 45 likes

Terahertz imaging to spot concealed items under clothes

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Terahertz security for e-commerce distribution centres & US…

18/12/2020 6900 views 64 likes

Ops-Sat

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Interplanetary internet & cameras in space: ESA’s OPS-SAT f…

18/12/2020 5383 views 42 likes

UK National Space Propulsion Test Facility

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ESA partnering on UK’s new space thruster test site

18/12/2020 4113 views 45 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-6 over the Andes

Galileo enhancing Sentinel-6’s sea level monitoring mission

15/12/2020 3604 views 43 likes

Themis

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ESA plans demonstration of a reusable rocket stage

15/12/2020 40526 views 199 likes

SABRE-powered launch system beyond 2030

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System study results for SABRE-powered reusable launcher

14/12/2020 5336 views 80 likes

Hera leaving Earth

Ireland helping ESA’s Hera asteroid mission find its way

11/12/2020 21173 views 54 likes

Reentry of Hayabusa2's sample capsule

Hera team congratulates JAXA on asteroid sample return

06/12/2020 6496 views 145 likes

Process of capture

ESA purchases world-first debris removal mission from start…

01/12/2020 20777 views 143 likes

Test deployment

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Origami antenna springs up for small satellites

01/12/2020 14583 views 54 likes

ESA's ExoMy rover

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3D print your own Mars rover with ExoMy

30/11/2020 31041 views 129 likes

Lunar base made with 3D printing

British technology to turn Moon dust into oxygen

27/11/2020 2762 views 32 likes

Bank of supercapacitors engineering model

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Supercapacitors ready to deliver maximum power to space

27/11/2020 7081 views 69 likes

Interior of IBM’s quantum computer

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Get involved in ESA's quest for quantum

27/11/2020 6288 views 48 likes

Habitats grouped together

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ESA engineers assess Moon Village habitat

17/11/2020 20336 views 162 likes

Habitat workstations

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From the Moon to Mars, future missions studied by CDF

02/11/2020 2821 views 55 likes

Lunar dust clinging to spacesuit

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ESA seeking dust-proof materials for lunar return

27/10/2020 5528 views 86 likes

Artist's view of Vega-C

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All solid motors for Vega-C complete qualification tests

23/10/2020 3845 views 51 likes

Artist's view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters (A64)

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All engines for Ariane 6 complete qualification tests

15/10/2020 6695 views 72 likes

ESA's Design 2 Produce initiative

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Virtual workshops on digital engineering

14/10/2020 1396 views 27 likes

Plasma wind tunnel testing

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Natural fibres threaded into satellites for safer missions

13/10/2020 5225 views 81 likes

Demonstration Technology Vehicle

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Demonstrator masters flight sequences for reusable rocket s…

13/10/2020 4773 views 54 likes

Interact rover picking up geological sample

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ESA’s force-feedback rover controlled from a nation away

12/10/2020 2783 views 56 likes

The qualification model of the P120C motor for Ariane 6 completed its hot firing on 7 October 2020 at Europe's Spaceport

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Final hot firing proves P120C booster for Ariane 6

08/10/2020 4840 views 53 likes

Tennis at French Open

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French Open: clean and greener tennis using space technology

07/10/2020 4082 views 61 likes

Sysnova - exploring lunar caves

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En route to exploring lunar caves

06/10/2020 6951 views 43 likes

SMART-1 in orbit

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ESA Discovery studies lay path to navigating the Moon

02/10/2020 2154 views 49 likes

ESTEC today

Choose your rooms for Sunday’s ESA Open Day

30/09/2020 10859 views 69 likes

Planarian flatworm

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Regenerative flatworms vs. rocket launch stress

29/09/2020 1878 views 37 likes

Space-based solar power

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Space-based solar power: seeking ideas to make it a reality

23/09/2020 14112 views 80 likes

ESA Open day ESTEC 2020

Register now to take part in ESA's Open Day 2020

22/09/2020 15276 views 72 likes

Dune-side aerial view of ESA’s ESTEC technical centre

Registration opening tomorrow for ESA Open Day 2020

21/09/2020 4418 views 72 likes

Online Industry Space Days on 16–17 September 2020

ESA brings space industry together online

18/09/2020 9685 views 33 likes

Artist's view of Vega-C on the launch pad

Dust monitor to demonstrate pristine satellite launches

17/09/2020 1543 views 41 likes

Infrared imaging of the impact crater

Industry starts work on Europe’s Hera planetary defence mis…

15/09/2020 8087 views 63 likes

ESA Open day ESTEC 2020

ESA Open Day 2020 going online this October

11/09/2020 9357 views 289 likes

This Is ESA graphic

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Wanted: your ideas for ESA’s future space missions

04/09/2020 11744 views 71 likes

Vega lifts off on its first rideshare launch dedicated to light satellites using its new Small Spacecraft Mission Service dispenser.

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Vega return to flight proves new rideshare service

03/09/2020 7586 views 61 likes

Artist's view of Vega flight VV16 with the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser

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Watch Vega rideshare launch live

31/08/2020 38206 views 257 likes

ESA's Optical Ground Station

First laser detection of space debris in daylight

04/08/2020 11771 views 86 likes

Diving fins

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Just add nano-materials for stronger, tougher diving fins

02/07/2020 4994 views 59 likes

Flat-panel reflectarray antenna

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Smart design of flat ‘reflectarray’ satellite antennas

01/07/2020 6226 views 46 likes

Didymos asteroids

Name given to asteroid target of ESA’s planetary defence mi…

23/06/2020 6588 views 33 likes

Space Safety

An Agency for asteroids

23/06/2020 4275 views 27 likes

Incoming asteroid

ESA highlights protection for our planet ahead of Asteroid …

22/06/2020 7847 views 67 likes

PICASSO in orbit

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PICASSO CubeSat to sift secrets from sunrise

16/06/2020 6129 views 47 likes

Simba CubeSat

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Simba CubeSat to swivel from Earth to Sun to help track cli…

15/06/2020 5319 views 50 likes

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