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Time to say goodbye to Sentinel-1A

30/06/2026 4635 views 52 likes

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.

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End of the blue glow: BepiColombo turns off solar electric …

24/06/2026 2707 views 54 likes

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

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Doubling ESA’s deep space capabilities at New Norcia with d…

07/04/2026 1581 views 24 likes

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A rare encounter: How Juice came to observe 3I/ATLAS

23/03/2026 6742 views 60 likes

Hera approaching Didymos asteroids

Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous

17/03/2026 4755 views 77 likes

Women flying spacecraft at ESA mission control

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"She flies satellites. One day, I can too."

09/03/2026 3649 views 63 likes

ESA's Planetary Defence team

10 asteroids named to honour ESA’s role in Planetary Defence

13/01/2026 2911 views 33 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Flying through the biggest solar storm ever recorded

15/10/2025 30460 views 104 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 1680 views 18 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 10948 views 103 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 3351 views 38 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

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

16/09/2025 1316 views 19 likes

Galileo time

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ESA deploys new fully European ground-based atomic clock

07/09/2025 2120 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 5199 views 47 likes

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Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

25/08/2025 18929 views 105 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

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Europe's first deep-space optical communication link

10/07/2025 15749 views 93 likes

The Moon over ESA's Cebreros deep space antenna

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Safeguarding Europe’s role in Solar System Internet: First …

16/06/2025 2157 views 17 likes

Cebreros transmitting the Blue Danube Waltz

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ESA transmits the Blue Danube Waltz into deep space

04/06/2025 3484 views 31 likes

ispace's RESILIENCE lander and TENACIOUS micro rover on the Moon

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ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover

03/06/2025 8482 views 74 likes

ESA's Cyber Security Operations Centre

ESA inaugurates new Cyber Security Operations Centre

27/05/2025 4426 views 31 likes

Waltz Into Space Event Poster

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Waltzing celebration for half a century of European satelli…

26/05/2025 2729 views 23 likes

Mars Express

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Mars Express updates software, potentially extending spacec…

16/05/2025 2968 views 31 likes

ESA's Biomass Calibration Transponder in New Norcia, Australia

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Biomass, an oversized football and the Australian outback

15/05/2025 1872 views 20 likes

Biomass model in ESA's Main Control Room

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Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP

09/05/2025 2264 views 30 likes

Biomass takes to the skies

Biomass launched to count forest carbon

29/04/2025 19668 views 137 likes

Vega-C fairing release revealing Biomass

Watch Biomass launch live

24/04/2025 22769 views 66 likes

Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch

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Final preparations for Biomass operations

23/04/2025 1924 views 18 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

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Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 46717 views 144 likes

Hera's autonomous surface feature tracking during Mars flyby

Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars

25/03/2025 4570 views 40 likes

Cartoon Hera made using LEGO® bricks, designed by Frans Snik

Hera’s incredible adventures in brick building

13/03/2025 3758 views 32 likes

Sir Brian May and the rest of Hera's science team see Mars image arrive

Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon

13/03/2025 25167 views 140 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby

10/03/2025 28359 views 119 likes

Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

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Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus

18/02/2025 8631 views 67 likes

New Norcia antenna completes one year powered by the Sun

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Downlinking satellite data from space to the cloud

22/01/2025 2089 views 12 likes

Snowy Malargüe

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Malargüe: A satellite dish best served cold

17/01/2025 3363 views 66 likes

ISRO Gaganyaan crew module

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ESA to support Indian human spaceflight missions

12/12/2024 5388 views 57 likes

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Open-to-use SMILE antenna wins hertz and minds

22/11/2024 1407 views 11 likes

Hera fires its thrusters

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Hera burns towards Mars

08/11/2024 5767 views 65 likes

CubeSat Deep Space Deployers in Hera spacecraft

Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home

28/10/2024 5622 views 62 likes

Members of the Hera operations team on launch day

Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come

10/10/2024 5324 views 54 likes

Lifting the dish at ESA's newest deep space antenna

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Uplifting news! ESA crowns new deep space antenna in Austra…

02/10/2024 5378 views 50 likes

Final data captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite

Sentinel-1B journeys back to Earth

23/09/2024 6004 views 61 likes

Sentinel-2C model in ESOC's Main Control Room

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A smooth start to life in orbit for Sentinel-2C

10/09/2024 2601 views 40 likes

Cluster satellite reenters Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission

09/09/2024 12228 views 54 likes

Mission control GO for Sentinel-2C launch

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Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals

03/09/2024 2944 views 34 likes

BepiColombo Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory

02/09/2024 16486 views 66 likes

Cluster satellite reentering Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South Pacific

22/08/2024 7115 views 46 likes

Juice waves Earth goodbye once again

Science & Exploration

Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby

21/08/2024 44105 views 111 likes

Hera glides past Didymos to Dimorphos

Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

31/07/2024 4916 views 51 likes

Hera inter-satellite link with Juventas CubeSat

Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with inter-linked radio

24/07/2024 2590 views 3 likes

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