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Vacancy for the post of Director of Telecommunications

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Solar flare seen by ESA/NASA SOHO satellite 23 January

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Hera networking with CubeSats

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11: Sharing knowledge and keeping Earth’s memory

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ESA's Malargüe tracking station

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Solar Orbiter's orbit brings the Sun's poles into view

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Flying solo

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Luca photographed by Oleg Skripochka from inside the International Space Station

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Watch live: final #SpacewalkforAMS

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Galileo now replying to SOS messages worldwide

23/01/2020 2175 views 43 likes

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Spacewalks, science and Beyond

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Second space data highway satellite set to beam

23/01/2020 1080 views 56 likes

Press Release N° 28–2020

Call for media: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returns from commanding the Space Station

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is returning to Earth after six months on the International Space Station. He will land with Alexander Skvortsov and Christina Koch in Kazakhstan on 6 February 2020 after 201 days in space. Luca will fly directly to ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne for an expected arrival around 21:00 GMT (22:00 CET).

22/01/2020 846 views

Press Release N° 27–2020

Call for Media: Solar Orbiter launch to face the Sun

ESA’s new Sun explorer will be launched from Cape Canaveral on 6 February. Media are invited to Europe’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to follow the launch and moment of signal acquisition.

21/01/2020 1051 views

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