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ESTEC50 HL

50 years of ESTEC brochure

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Getting to ESTEC

Getting to ESTEC

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ESTEC virtual tour

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ESTEC aerial view

ESTEC Safety & Security Leaflet (pdf)

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ESTEC Open Day 2025
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Save the date: ESA ESTEC Open Days, 26-27 September 2026

19/03/2026 4395 views 51 likes
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The great parachute bake-out

30/04/2026 4845 views 69 likes
The great parachute bake-out
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A new grip on space: electrostatic capture technology

23/04/2026 1970 views 42 likes
A new grip on space: electrostatic capture technology
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The perfect place for Celeste’s first navigation signal

14/04/2026 1581 views 8 likes
The perfect place for Celeste’s first navigation signal
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A silicon chip that can do it all

02/04/2026 3152 views 47 likes
A silicon chip that can do it all
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Space Rocks at the ESTEC Open Day 2025

24/03/2026 468 views 2 likes
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ESTEC Open Day 2025
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Save the date: ESA ESTEC Open Dagen, 26-27 september 2026

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Former NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps visits ESTEC

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Former NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps visits ESTEC
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V-STARS team
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Crawling, gripping and floating above ESA’s flat floor

26/01/2026 1570 views 24 likes
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ESA and CAS teams working on the Smile mission
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Smile approved for launch in spring 2026

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3D-printed space metal under microscope
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A close-up look at the first metal part made in space

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The cavernous chamber of the Large Space Simulator
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Large Space Simulator gets a digital twin

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ESA’s NavLab drone

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NAVISP Industry 2023 @ ESTEC

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Open doors for the ESA-ESTEC Open Day

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ESTEC: a day in the life

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Activities at ESTEC

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1: 11 steps to make a space mission

11 steps to make a space mission

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ESA Lokale Informatie    

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ESA Open Day 2019 - in pictures

ESA Open Day 2019 - in pictures

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1968 newsreel on ESTEC (in Dutch)

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ESTEC brochure (pdf)

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Test Centre virtual tour

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Erasmus Centrevirtual tour

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ESA's Business Incubation Centre

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Space Expo: ESTEC's visitor centre

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Noordwijk tourist information

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About ESTEC

ESTEC: European Space Research and Technology Centre

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