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First full-size Space Rider test model assembled

Space Rider's nose

Inside view of the Space Rider drop-test model

From lunar regolith to printed electronics

ESA Extended Reality Competence Centre

The perfect place for Celeste’s first navigation signal

Pointing in the (b)right direction

Monitoring signals from deep space antenna 4

A silicon chip that can do it all

Smile: aerial view hoisting Vega-C fourth stage for flight VV29

Smile: transporting Vega-C fourth stage for flight VV29

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher visits DSA 4 during inauguration

ESA's Deep Space Antenna 1 (DSA 1) and Deep Space Antenna 4 (DSA 4) at New Norcia ground station site in Australia

Artist impression of a nuclear-electric spacecraft near Ceres

Artist impression of nuclear-powered spacecraft near Mars

RFA One in Saxavord Spaceport

Spectrum on the launch pad under Northern Lights

Spectrum rocket rolling out to the launch pad

Smile: transporting fourth stage to the Vega-C launch pad

Smile: hoisting Vega-C fourth stage for flight VV29

The Juice flight control team are happy to confirm a successful 3I/ATLAS downlink

Proba-3's Coronagraph captured by the Occulter

3D printing of metallic powders and foils

Kompsat-7 launched on Vega-C

Former NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps visits ESTEC

3D-printed lens antenna tested at ESTEC

Vega-C launching Smile satellite (artist impression)

Ariane 6 and Vega-C over Earth (artist impression)

Ariane 6 and Vega-C over Earth (artist impression)

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Vega-C over Earth with Avio logo (artist impression)

09/03/2026 204 views 2 likes

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Vega-C over sunset Earth with Avio logo (artist impression)

09/03/2026 114 views 0 likes

Flying spacecraft means balancing operational efficiency with human connection: Isabel Rojo at ESOC

Flying spacecraft means trusting yourself: Gabriela Ansteeg at ESOC

Flying spacecraft means solving problems: Angela Dietz at ESOC

Flying spacecraft is meaningful work: Sara Melloni at ESOC

Flying spacecraft means staying curious: Jutta Hübner at ESOC

Women flying spacecraft at ESA mission control

Refill FSSW welding process

Internally stiffened structure using refill FSSW

ESA seeks your ideas to advance stratospheric and mesospheric observation

Overview of the main ISAM missions at ESA

The Circular Economy campaign teams presented at ESTEC

Infrared images of Cassandra repair process on a test sample through heating

Cassandra demonstrator diagram

Self-healable Cassandra demonstrator

Holding Cassandra test panel

Cassandra demonstrator panel in a laboratory

Zefiro-9 hoisting to the top of the Vega-C rocket that will take Smile to space

Zefiro-9 ready for stacking on top of the Vega-C rocket that will take Smile to space

Connecting the third stage of the Vega-C rocket that will take Smile to space

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