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The silicon brains steering next-generation antennas

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Vega-C with Avio logo (artist's impression)

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Test firing at brand new green chemical propulsion lab

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Meet the team behind ESA’s AMAT (Advanced Mission Analysis Tools) project.

Slide titled “MARTA – MAny Revolution Transfer Algorithm (midas.design.sep.marta)” showing four plots of a spacecraft transfer orbit. The charts display orbital evolution from an initial orbit (red) to a final orbit (blue), including top, side, and three‑dimensional views.

Embodied Intelligence for Autonomous Space Systems

MTG-I2 was taken out of its protective casing at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

MTG-I2 was taken out of its protective casing at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

Nine engines on first Rocket Factory Augsburg launch vehicle

Artist's view of Space Transportation's major programmes from 2026 onwards

Artist's view of Space Transportation's major programmes from 2026 onwards – vertical

Synthetic Tracking algorithm process

Recycled plastic components from the Nextek space recycling activity

VOLTA air-breathing electric thruster firing

MISTRAL air-breathing electric propulsion concept

COTS processor radiation testing

CompPair HealTech™ CS03 slit tapes

BioSTEP process diagram

BioSTEP: Biocomposite functional parts from biomass and plastic side streams

The art of hadrons

The BepiColombo thrusters located in the Mercury Transfer Module switch off permanently, marking the end of solar electric propulsion.

The four composite BepiColombo spacecraft is approaching Mercury. Solar electric propulsion thrusters are turned off, priming the spacecraft for the beginning of complex planetary arrival sequence.

The BepiColombo mission team eagerly gathers at ESOC's Main Control Room waiting to receive signal confirmation of the successful shutdown of the spacecraft's solar electric propulsion system.

Ground view: liftoff of first Ariane 6 with P160C-based boosters

First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters

First Ariane 6 with P160C-based boosters soars

First Ariane 6 liftoff with P160C-based boosters

Ariane 6 liftoff – first with P160C-based boosters

First Ariane 6 liftoff with P160C-based boosters seen with mobile hangar

Liftoff: first Ariane 6 liftoff with P160C-based boosters

Seen from above: liftoff of first Ariane 6 with P160C-based boosters

Ariane 6 with P160C-based boosters ready for liftoff

Top of the P160C boosters for Ariane 6 rocket flight VA269

First Ariane 6 with P160C boosters stands tall before launch

Hoisting the nose cone with 36 satellites inside for Ariane 6 rocket flight VA269

Ariane 6 flight VA269 upper part arriving at the launch pad

P160C boosters for Ariane 6 infographic

Ariane 6 with four P160C boosters artist impression

Ariane 6 with four P160C boosters in flight artist impression

Ariane 6 with four P160C boosters during separation artist impression

Ariane 6 fairing and satellites for flight VA269 ready for the launch pad

Closing the fairing for Ariane 6 flight VA269

Ariane 6 with four P160C boosters during separation artist impression

Astris key visual

Proba-3's Coronagraph spacecraft captured by the Occulter

Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse after recovery

Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse after recovery

P160C based booster for Ariane 6 arrives at the launch pad

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