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

Smile: getting ready to hoist Zefiro-9 to the top of the Vega-C rocket

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

Smile: transporting Zefiro-9 to the Vega-C launch pad

Faces of Ariane 6: Jörn

Jörn (left) at test facility

Working on Ariane 6 booster

Faces of Ariane 6: Jörn

Jörn with colleagues

Group photo

Building Vega-C for smile: lowering Zefiro-40 second stage onto first stage

Zefiro-40 for Smile on the way to the the Vega-C launch pad

Zefiro-40 on the road to the the Vega-C launch pad

Zefiro-40 for Smile at the Vega-C launch pad

Zefiro-40 for Smile arrives at the Vega-C launch pad

Students kick off experiments on ESA’s flat floor

Greta fires up

Greta rocket engine in mobile test stand

ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels

Smile: first stage for Vega-C flight VV29 arrives at the launch pad

Smile: aerial view of a booster leaving storage

Smile: a booster leaves storage

Smile: first stage for Vega-C flight VV29 arriving at the launch pad

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Vega-C project logo

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Ariane 6 project logo

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Space Rider project logo

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Use of existing LEO signals for a new hybrid generation of emergency radio-beacons

Ariane 6 with four boosters first liftoff

First Ariane 6 with four boosters on the launch pad

Mobile hangar moves back to reveal first Ariane 6 with four boosters on the launch pad

More power: first Ariane 6 with four boosters launched

More liftoff power: first Ariane 6 with four boosters launched

First Ariane 6 with four boosters launched

Closing the fairing for Ariane 6 flight VA267

Lowering the upper part of Ariane 6 flight VA267 onto the rocket on the launch pad

Lowering the upper part of Ariane 6 flight VA267 onto its transporter

Lowering the upper part of Ariane 6 flight VA267 onto Europe's most powerful rocket

Moving upper part of Ariane 6 flight VA267 to the launch pad

Upper part for Ariane 6 flight VA267 arriving at the launch pad

Atmospheric resource utilisation concept for Mars

Satellite-based flood prediction research

Flexible solar array concept for satellite constellations

Advanced battery technology for deep space missions

Trustworthy robotic systems for space construction

OSIP: The Open Space Innovation Platform

Moss on Mars

Resonance igniter

Resonance igniter firing

Environment Controlled Calibration Chamber for CPT Testing on Extra-Terrestrial Soils

Technicians prepare Ariane 6 for flight VA267

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