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New ESA invention tested in a chamber of no echoes

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand

Technical centre at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana

Firing up HENON’s engine

Spectrum liftoff

Spectrum on the launch pad

Spectrum takes flight

Spectrum takes flight from Andøya Spaceport

Proba-3 mission team in the ESEC control room

Proba-3 spacecraft operators in the ESEC control room

Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft captured by a camera onboard the Occulter spacecraft during the mission's first autonomous formation acquisition

The final commands are sent to Gaia

Inner space engineering

Close-up of Proba-3’s Coronagraph, ready to dance

Ariane 6 VA263 liftoff

Wide view of second Ariane 6 liftoff

Student teams explore ESTEC’s robotics labs

Student teams explore ESTEC’s robotics labs

Student teams at ESTEC during ESA Academy Experiments programme kick-off

Student teams in ESTEC’s Orbital Robotics Laboratory

Student teams explore ESTEC’s robotics labs

Second Ariane 6 in the spotlights

Second Ariane 6 standing on the launch pad

Proba-3’s ASPIICS coronagraph

Star field image taken by Proba-3's ASPIICS coronagraph

Visualisation of Solar Orbiter's February 2025 Venus flyby

IXV engineers during integration at Europe's Spaceport

IXV engineers in front of IXV at Europe's Spaceport

IXV during development

IXV during integration

Timelapse of hydrogel swelling

3D-printed hydrogel space shuttle and astronaut on the Moon

Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards - before Space Rider update

Transforming ESA’s technical heart

17th European Space Conference - Small satellite companies awarded IOD/IOV rideshare contract

Satellite ready for close-up

Seed-sized space chip

Ariane 6 boosters being transferred from the booster storage building to the launch pad

Ariane 6 boosters being transferred from the booster storage building to the launch pad

Ariane 6 Central Core being transferred from the launcher assembly building to the launch pad

Operations team at ESEC, Redu, preparing for Proba-3 separation

Proba-3 team inspecting the separation system before launch

Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator with liquid cooled combustion chamber

Where and why we whizz around Earth

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