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ESA Council at Delegate level meets in Bremen on the eve of CM25.

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Ensuring autonomous access to space for Europe

27/11/2025 3138 views 13 likes

Ariane 6 for Sentinel-1D ready for liftoff

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Ariane 6 – made in France

24/11/2025 2118 views 4 likes

INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform

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Two UK sites shortlisted for INVICTUS hypersonic test progr…

24/11/2025 3154 views 16 likes

View from above: Ariane 6 for Sentinel-1D

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Ariane 6 – made in Norway

24/11/2025 1005 views 2 likes

Ariane 6 takes Sentinel-1D into orbit

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Ariane 6 – made in Italy

21/11/2025 1355 views 0 likes

Moon imaged by Pleiades satellite

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ESA Prepares to explore the Moon with small missions

21/11/2025 2723 views 14 likes

Phoebus thrust frame

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Phoebus: framing carbon-fibre fuel tanks for maximum thrust

19/11/2025 1604 views 9 likes

The CleanCube challenge teams attended a workshop at ESTEC

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ESA works to make CubeSats Zero Debris

17/11/2025 834 views 8 likes

Artist's view of Ariane 6 and Vega-C

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Two arrangements mark a new step for Ariane 6 and Vega-C ex…

14/11/2025 2068 views 24 likes

ESA supports the commercialisation of European micro and mini launchers

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ESA Preparation paved the way for the commercialisation of …

14/11/2025 674 views 13 likes

3D-printed space metal under microscope

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A close-up look at the first metal part made in space

13/11/2025 3647 views 51 likes

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Made in microgravity – catalysts for life in space

10/11/2025 962 views 13 likes

Airbus Ariane 6 assembly facility in Spain

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Ariane 6 – made in Spain

06/11/2025 1752 views 6 likes

Vulcain 2.1 igniters for Ariane 6 on the launch pad

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Ariane 6 – made in Ireland

04/11/2025 1505 views 4 likes

Cyber-resilience

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Reducing Computational Barriers in Space Science

04/11/2025 795 views 5 likes

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ESA’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat Henon takes shape

29/10/2025 3844 views 42 likes

Habitats grouped together

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Towards farming on the Moon

29/10/2025 1808 views 21 likes

Representatives from ESA, ArianeGroup and DLR signing the Vinci agreement

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Vinci motor for Ariane 6 to be assembled at DLR test centre

24/10/2025 1961 views 27 likes

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Detecting Smaller Methane Leaks from Space

23/10/2025 2272 views 14 likes

Connecting Ariane 6 stages

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Ariane 6 – made in Belgium

21/10/2025 1977 views 3 likes

The Ariane 6 upper stage has been installed for tests at the DLR German Aerospace Center in Lampoldshausen, Germany

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Ariane 6 – made in Germany

17/10/2025 3513 views 6 likes

Phoebus hydrogen tank in production

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Phoebus: keeping the smallest molecule in the Universe cont…

16/10/2025 10718 views 58 likes

Ariane 6 upper stage in LEAF

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Ariane 6 – made in the Netherlands

14/10/2025 1197 views 6 likes

Compendia 2026-28 Cover Image

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GSTP Element 1 ‘Develop’ Compendia 2026-2028: Publication a…

13/10/2025 4242 views 7 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite ready to roll to the launch pad

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Ariane 6 – made in Switzerland

10/10/2025 2369 views 7 likes

OSIP Highlights July - December 2024

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OSIP Highlights July–December 2024

09/10/2025 826 views 11 likes

PTB’s facility: vacuum chamber hosting the new reference blackbody

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Ensuring the accuracy of ESA’s FORUM climate mission

09/10/2025 1127 views 24 likes

In September, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space.

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Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space

08/10/2025 1621 views 18 likes

Working on Ariane 6 main engine nozzle

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Ariane 6 – made in Sweden

07/10/2025 1275 views 7 likes

The cavernous chamber of the Large Space Simulator

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Large Space Simulator gets a digital twin

06/10/2025 3782 views 45 likes

ESA's fourth deep space antenna, in New Norcia, Australia

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ESA inaugurates deep space antenna in Australia

04/10/2025 10271 views 103 likes

ATC Space structures for Ariane 6

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Ariane 6 – made in Czechia

03/10/2025 1208 views 5 likes

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Funding the future of European space through OSIP

03/10/2025 1214 views 15 likes

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Ariane 6 – made in Austria

30/09/2025 1883 views 4 likes

ESA and Avio signature for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission

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ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demo…

29/09/2025 5204 views 52 likes

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially announced Pulse, a new solution that streamlines mission monitoring and control. To be deployed next year on ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation, Pulse will progressively support all ESA missions and serve the broader European space sector.

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Pulse: ESA’s new approach to flying satellites

26/09/2025 3026 views 37 likes

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OSIP Open Discovery Ideas Channel – all you need to know

26/09/2025 2023 views 10 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

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The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2297 views 25 likes

R&D for the future of navigation

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Teaching spacecraft to find their own way

23/09/2025 941 views 16 likes

Themis T1H on the launch pad

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Themis stands on the launch pad

19/09/2025 12580 views 100 likes

Phoebus team

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Phoebus: keeping cool with oxygen

18/09/2025 2493 views 43 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

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“We know the drill”: Sentinel-1D begins streamlined simulat…

16/09/2025 1271 views 19 likes

Endothelial cells

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A cell’s-eye view of altered gravity and ageing

16/09/2025 1600 views 32 likes

Loft's Longbow satellite

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GSTP co-funds development for new Loft Orbital satellite pl…

09/09/2025 1363 views 5 likes

Galileo time

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ESA deploys new fully European ground-based atomic clock

07/09/2025 1935 views 20 likes

Over the summer 2025, ESA’s Ground Laser Transmitter, installed at the Kryoneri Observatory in Greece, has been the half of a optical communication demonstration campaign between Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission.

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ESA wraps up 300-million-kilometre optical communication ca…

27/08/2025 4854 views 47 likes

Flight Ticket Initiative

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Flight Ticket Initiative: first five missions secured with …

27/08/2025 2116 views 22 likes

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Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

25/08/2025 18487 views 103 likes

MicroCarb in preparation for its flight on Vega-C

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Europe’s new carbon-monitoring mission launches on Vega-C

28/07/2025 1634 views 16 likes

Hoisting satellites for Vega-C flight VV27 to the top of the rocket

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Watch live: Vega-C to launch CO3D and MicroCarb

23/07/2025 6787 views 47 likes

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