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Anthea Comellini during robotics training

Sara García Alonso during NBF training

Amelie Schoenenwald during VR robotics training

Andrea Patassa during NBF training

Arnaud Prost during NBF training

Meganne Christian during robotics training

Aleš Svoboda during VR robotics training

Carmen Possnig in ART training

European Service Module for Artemis III during acoustic testing, May 2026.

Members of ESA’s astronaut reserve take part in a classroom lesson on Earth observation.

Group photo with the members of ESA's astronaut reserve in the training hall of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre .

Vega-C liftoff with Smile up close

Vega-C liftoff with Smile exhaust

Vega-C rocket ascends to the skies with Smile

Wide view of Vega-C liftoff with Smile

Vega-C liftoff with Smile

Vega-C shoots through the sky with a Smile

Vega-C for Smile revealed on the launch pad

Inspector Smile, chapter 3: the countdown begins

Vega-C with Smile inside its mobile hangar on the launch pad

The DFP-A instruments built for the Comet Interceptor mission

Mars Express visits Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Bird’s-eye view of a small chaotic area in Shalbatana Vallis

A view from above: Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Mars’s Shalbatana Vallis in 3D

Topographic map of Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Where on Mars is Shalbatana Vallis?

Inspector Smile, chapter 2: she’s ready

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander

CESAR solar eclipses educational kit (cover image)

Smile arrives at the Vega-C launch pad

Smile lifted into place

Vega-C complete with Smile inside

Messier 77 (MIRI + NIRCam)

Messier 77 (NIRCam)

A beacon of light in swirls of dust

Sensitive and sturdy

Star-forming regions in M51

Location of star-forming region in M51

Star-forming region in M51 (close-up)

Nearby star-forming FEAST galaxies

Virtual Reality on the International Space Station

Virtual reality combined with an exoskeleton

Extended reality at ESA

Solar and lunar eclipses

Solar eclipse

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