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Rendezvous tests in ESA's robotics lab

Enabling & Support

New tests for rendezvous and docking interoperability

24/09/2026 1793 views 28 likes

Industry Space Days 2026 at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands

Record participation in ESA’s Industry Space Days 2026

24/09/2026 1122 views 21 likes

Company awards at Industry Space Days 2026

Three space companies win ESA awards for excellence and inn…

17/09/2026 2050 views 27 likes

ESA and ATMOS during CDF concept study for Phoenix 3

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Phoenix 3: concept study for a reusable European spacecraft

18/08/2026 1597 views 31 likes

Artificial solar eclipse by Proba-3 mission

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How ESA mimics and models the 2026 total solar eclipse

10/08/2026 26614 views 32 likes

Hera surveying Dimorphos

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Your chance to run software in deep space on ESA's asteroid…

05/08/2026 6707 views 37 likes

Student team and advisors during retroreflector test campaign at ESTEC

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From drone flight to sounding rocket

30/07/2026 1249 views 32 likes

Space startups at ESA's Industry Space Days

Meet space startups at ESA’s Industry Space Days

27/07/2026 2282 views 25 likes

ESA's Ministerial Council 2025

Upcoming ESA–Industry events on CM25 implementation

22/06/2026 1372 views 35 likes

Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse after recovery

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We’re back: Proba-3 ready for more science

09/06/2026 2767 views 70 likes

Artist's view of the ICI-5 mission flying through the aurora borealis and deploying daughter payloads

ESA’s Prodex programme brings scientific research to space

22/05/2026 2411 views 58 likes

ESA's REACH workshop on hazardous chemicals helps the space industry stay compliant with EU regulations

Stay space chemical compliant in the EU

21/05/2026 660 views 27 likes

Textile material erosion after environmental testing

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The young minds space-proofing ESA’s missions

13/05/2026 1322 views 33 likes

Extended reality at ESA

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Extended Reality at ESA opens new pathways for space explor…

07/05/2026 3650 views 49 likes

Close-up of Plato’s cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato aces space-like tests

23/04/2026 6559 views 44 likes

SME initiative

SME Forum 2026 – Join ESA's annual consultation process

15/04/2026 756 views 11 likes

Imaged of processed Proba-3 data that highlights movement around the Sun

Science & Exploration

First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind

13/04/2026 4997 views 52 likes

Industry Space Days 2026

Register for ESA’s Industry Space Days 2026

10/04/2026 2271 views 11 likes

Light hits graphene aerogel

Science & Exploration

Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

07/04/2026 5822 views 39 likes

Proba-3's Coronagraph captured by the Occulter

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Proba-3’s Coronagraph is alive!

19/03/2026 4442 views 80 likes

ECOS is the web-based ESA costing software tool which is free for industry doing business with ESA

ESA rolls out new costing software for its suppliers

11/03/2026 1413 views 6 likes

Multi-beam satellite navigation antenna test

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The tiny lens antenna with big potential

11/03/2026 3677 views 58 likes

Proba-3 spacecraft aligned above Earth

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Work ongoing to restore contact with Proba-3's Coronagraph

06/03/2026 6173 views 39 likes

V-STARS team

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Crawling, gripping and floating above ESA’s flat floor

26/01/2026 1746 views 25 likes

Friction stir welding machine at MT Aerospace

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Artificial intelligence in manufacturing rocket parts

21/01/2026 3534 views 66 likes

Preparing for fueling

Stay smart on space chemical compliance

20/01/2026 842 views 26 likes

Coronal mass ejection captured by Proba-2, Proba-3 and SOHO

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Proba-3 fills the solar observation gap

17/12/2025 4166 views 50 likes

Success for Europe's space technology at CM25

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CM25: A historic step forward for Europe’s space technology…

28/11/2025 3691 views 29 likes

ESA and CAS teams working on the Smile mission

Science & Exploration

Smile approved for launch in spring 2026

20/11/2025 6959 views 44 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 5140 views 58 likes

Group picture at the Space Systems Engineering Training Course at ESEC – Galaxia

ESA and AfSA join forces for systems engineering training

04/11/2025 2876 views 37 likes

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

29/10/2025 4529 views 43 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 1446 views 26 likes

The cavernous chamber of the Large Space Simulator

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Large Space Simulator gets a digital twin

06/10/2025 4460 views 47 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

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The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2695 views 26 likes

Endothelial cells

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

16/09/2025 1848 views 34 likes

Plato sailing to the Netherlands by boat

Science & Exploration

Plato arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat

11/09/2025 5469 views 50 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 5667 views 47 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 1826 views 16 likes

The four-legged robot Olympus on Europe’s flattest floor

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Four-legged robot’s first encounter with microgravity

17/07/2025 3224 views 23 likes

Smile sees the light

Science & Exploration

Smile passes gruelling set of tests

15/07/2025 4293 views 40 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

Enabling & Support

Europe's first deep-space optical communication link

10/07/2025 16647 views 93 likes

TU Delft’s autonomous drone racing against a human pilot

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From ESA lab to a historic drone race win

08/07/2025 2209 views 37 likes

Innovative mission concepts enabled by disruptive computing paradigms

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Help ESA redefine the future of space computing

30/06/2025 2690 views 33 likes

Radio eye on forest mission Biomass

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R&D Successes Onboard Biomass

23/06/2025 1387 views 30 likes

Solar corona viewed by Proba-3’s ASPIICS

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Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse

16/06/2025 39532 views 146 likes

Site of the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) at Park Innovaare in Villigen, Switzerland

Inauguration of the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Cen…

27/05/2025 6260 views 47 likes

YPSat-2 thermal sub-system team

Enabling & Support

About YPSat-2

26/05/2025 2789 views 28 likes

Fuelling Galileo-13

Navigate revisions to laws on hazardous chemicals in the EU

22/05/2025 1617 views 34 likes

Proba-3 Occulter eclipsing Sun for Coronagraph spacecraft

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Proba-3 achieves precise formation flying

08/05/2025 9979 views 74 likes

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