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Looks like you preferred to ✨observe✨ for a while before joining! Welcome 👋
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Looks like you preferred to ✨observe✨ for a while before joining! Welcome 👋
And we wouldn't give up the spot for any other mission 😉 As much as we love Proba-3, we must admit Draco is also pretty cool (or hot?) 🔥
February 2, 2026 at 10:26 AM
And we wouldn't give up the spot for any other mission 😉 As much as we love Proba-3, we must admit Draco is also pretty cool (or hot?) 🔥
The latest student teams to perform their ESA Academy experiments at @esa.int’s robotics labs:
🦾 tested autonomous crawling
⚖️ tricked the human body’s balance system
🦎 grasped objects with a gecko-inspired arm
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🦾 tested autonomous crawling
⚖️ tricked the human body’s balance system
🦎 grasped objects with a gecko-inspired arm
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The latest student teams to perform their ESA Academy experiments at @esa.int’s robotics labs:
🦾 tested autonomous crawling
⚖️ tricked the human body’s balance system
🦎 grasped objects with a gecko-inspired arm
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🦾 tested autonomous crawling
⚖️ tricked the human body’s balance system
🦎 grasped objects with a gecko-inspired arm
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
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We shouldn’t have favourite missions…but we all secretly do, don’t we? 😉
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
We shouldn’t have favourite missions…but we all secretly do, don’t we? 😉
👀 Our eyes on the Sun’s inner corona, that’s Proba-3! In a 5-hour window, the formation-flying mission captured not 1… not 2… but 3 solar prominence eruptions – structures made of relatively cold plasma extending outwards from the Sun ☀️👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM
👀 Our eyes on the Sun’s inner corona, that’s Proba-3! In a 5-hour window, the formation-flying mission captured not 1… not 2… but 3 solar prominence eruptions – structures made of relatively cold plasma extending outwards from the Sun ☀️👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Celeste is on the way, testing ways of making Galileo #satnav even better!
These low-orbiting test satellites are part of ESA’s FutureNAV programme – get the full background in our latest ESA Highlights publication: www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
These low-orbiting test satellites are part of ESA’s FutureNAV programme – get the full background in our latest ESA Highlights publication: www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Celeste is on the way, testing ways of making Galileo #satnav even better!
These low-orbiting test satellites are part of ESA’s FutureNAV programme – get the full background in our latest ESA Highlights publication: www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
These low-orbiting test satellites are part of ESA’s FutureNAV programme – get the full background in our latest ESA Highlights publication: www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
🛰️🚀 Ever wanted to visit a place where satellites and rockets are tested before they are sent to space?
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
January 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
🛰️🚀 Ever wanted to visit a place where satellites and rockets are tested before they are sent to space?
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔭 Until now, observing the inner regions of the Sun’s enigmatic atmosphere – the corona – was close to impossible.
🛰️🛰️☀️ The satellite duo making up @esa.int’s Proba-3 mission fills this observation gap by creating artificial solar eclipses in orbit 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🛰️🛰️☀️ The satellite duo making up @esa.int’s Proba-3 mission fills this observation gap by creating artificial solar eclipses in orbit 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🔭 Until now, observing the inner regions of the Sun’s enigmatic atmosphere – the corona – was close to impossible.
🛰️🛰️☀️ The satellite duo making up @esa.int’s Proba-3 mission fills this observation gap by creating artificial solar eclipses in orbit 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🛰️🛰️☀️ The satellite duo making up @esa.int’s Proba-3 mission fills this observation gap by creating artificial solar eclipses in orbit 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
Time-lapse of a section of aircraft wing 3D printed in plastic. Wren Aerospace – based at ESA’s Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk – is developing uncrewed aircraft to perform satellite-like communication or observation functions while loitering in the stratosphere www.wrenaerospace.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Time-lapse of a section of aircraft wing 3D printed in plastic. Wren Aerospace – based at ESA’s Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk – is developing uncrewed aircraft to perform satellite-like communication or observation functions while loitering in the stratosphere www.wrenaerospace.com
Check out ESA 2025 highlights, including our eclipse-making Proba-3 mission, here 👇
#ESAhighlights 2025 is out now. 👀
Read our free ESA Highlights magazine, summarising a complete year of space activity in impactful images and in-depth articles. 📅
👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
Full PDF 🔗 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corpora...
Read our free ESA Highlights magazine, summarising a complete year of space activity in impactful images and in-depth articles. 📅
👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
Full PDF 🔗 esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corpora...
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Check out ESA 2025 highlights, including our eclipse-making Proba-3 mission, here 👇
🚯 To clean up orbits around Earth, we first need to identify and approach individual pieces of space debris. 🛰️ Two companies from Luxembourg are developing the eyes 👀 for satellites to be able to do just that 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚯 To clean up orbits around Earth, we first need to identify and approach individual pieces of space debris. 🛰️ Two companies from Luxembourg are developing the eyes 👀 for satellites to be able to do just that 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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🟥 Rolling out the red carpet for Mars exploration takes a couple of hinges.
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Rolling out the red carpet for Mars
ExoMars ramps hinge
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December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🟥 Rolling out the red carpet for Mars exploration takes a couple of hinges.
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
📢 🎧 New podcast alert! @esa.int’s Discovery and Preparation programme supports research that pushes boundaries of what’s possible – and now the team are sharing the innovation stories through a new podcast series. Listen to the first episode here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/72VH...
Ask Earth
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢 🎧 New podcast alert! @esa.int’s Discovery and Preparation programme supports research that pushes boundaries of what’s possible – and now the team are sharing the innovation stories through a new podcast series. Listen to the first episode here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/72VH...
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☀️ Lessons from the November 2025 solar storm
Last week, Earth was hit by a large solar storm. The event provided an opportunity for multiple ESA missions, whether orbiting Earth or far into deep space, to collect radiation data, which is now being analysed.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Last week, Earth was hit by a large solar storm. The event provided an opportunity for multiple ESA missions, whether orbiting Earth or far into deep space, to collect radiation data, which is now being analysed.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
☀️ Lessons from the November 2025 solar storm
Last week, Earth was hit by a large solar storm. The event provided an opportunity for multiple ESA missions, whether orbiting Earth or far into deep space, to collect radiation data, which is now being analysed.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Last week, Earth was hit by a large solar storm. The event provided an opportunity for multiple ESA missions, whether orbiting Earth or far into deep space, to collect radiation data, which is now being analysed.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
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⭐️This is Goal 4: Boost European competitiveness and growth.
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9r...
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9r...
Goal 4: Boost Growth and Competitiveness
YouTube video by ESA Extras
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
⭐️This is Goal 4: Boost European competitiveness and growth.
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9r...
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9r...
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⭐️This is Goal 3: Strengthen European autonomy and resilience
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGe...
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGe...
Goal 3: Strengthen European Autonomy and Resilience
YouTube video by ESA Extras
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
⭐️This is Goal 3: Strengthen European autonomy and resilience
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGe...
Decisions made during #CM25 will advance our Strategy 2040, which focuses on five goals to show how important space is for European citizens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGe...
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Let’s show the world what a united Europe can achieve. Discover what's at stake at ESA's Council at Ministerial Level 2025, taking place next week in Bremen 👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Let’s show the world what a united Europe can achieve. Discover what's at stake at ESA's Council at Ministerial Level 2025, taking place next week in Bremen 👇
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
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Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
🔧 Testing space metal 🤘
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🔧 Testing space metal 🤘
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
In February, @esa.int’s engineers received a very special package 📦 Inside was the first metal part 3D-printed in space, coming all the way from the ISS 🛰️ Since the unboxing, the space metal has been through A LOT 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🏠🌕 To live on the Moon or Mars, we would need technologies that can use local resources to create materials essential for our survival. The University of Bremen explored if the unique conditions of space itself could help us with this 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
Made in microgravity – catalysts for life in space
To sustain a human presence on the Moon or Mars, we need to develop technologies that can use local resources like water to produce oxygen and hydrogen that can be used as fuels and for life support. ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🏠🌕 To live on the Moon or Mars, we would need technologies that can use local resources to create materials essential for our survival. The University of Bremen explored if the unique conditions of space itself could help us with this 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🛰️ Our current radio frequency ‘highways’ that carry information to and from satellites are getting congested.
📡 @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social develops key building blocks for next-generation antennas operating at a very special frequency that can offer more bandwidth 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
📡 @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social develops key building blocks for next-generation antennas operating at a very special frequency that can offer more bandwidth 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🛰️ Our current radio frequency ‘highways’ that carry information to and from satellites are getting congested.
📡 @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social develops key building blocks for next-generation antennas operating at a very special frequency that can offer more bandwidth 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
📡 @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social develops key building blocks for next-generation antennas operating at a very special frequency that can offer more bandwidth 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Booooo!! 👻 It’s #SpookySeason!
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Booooo!! 👻 It’s #SpookySeason!
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
Can you guess what's making this candle's flame flicker? 🕯️
Is it...
a) ghost
b) microgravity
We know it’s tricky, so we’re treating you to the answer 🎃 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Happy #Halloween! 🦇
What if Old McDonald had a farm… on the Moon? 🚜 🌕
In a recent activity supported by @esa.int, a Norwegian research team looked into how we could create fertiliser using nutrients from lunar soil to grow plants on the Moon 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
In a recent activity supported by @esa.int, a Norwegian research team looked into how we could create fertiliser using nutrients from lunar soil to grow plants on the Moon 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What if Old McDonald had a farm… on the Moon? 🚜 🌕
In a recent activity supported by @esa.int, a Norwegian research team looked into how we could create fertiliser using nutrients from lunar soil to grow plants on the Moon 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
In a recent activity supported by @esa.int, a Norwegian research team looked into how we could create fertiliser using nutrients from lunar soil to grow plants on the Moon 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
🛰️ @esa.int’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat #Henon takes shape!
⚡A tailor-made propulsion system will take this small but mighty satellite into an orbit around the Sun, where the CubeSat will detect solar storms, improving our current warning time ☀️ www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
⚡A tailor-made propulsion system will take this small but mighty satellite into an orbit around the Sun, where the CubeSat will detect solar storms, improving our current warning time ☀️ www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🛰️ @esa.int’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat #Henon takes shape!
⚡A tailor-made propulsion system will take this small but mighty satellite into an orbit around the Sun, where the CubeSat will detect solar storms, improving our current warning time ☀️ www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
⚡A tailor-made propulsion system will take this small but mighty satellite into an orbit around the Sun, where the CubeSat will detect solar storms, improving our current warning time ☀️ www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
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#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to an information session after the ESA Council meeting this week. The briefing starts at 15:00 BST/16:00 CEST, 23 October. Details and registration 👇
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@josefaschbacher.esa.int @krpoun.bsky.social
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@josefaschbacher.esa.int @krpoun.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to an information session after the ESA Council meeting this week. The briefing starts at 15:00 BST/16:00 CEST, 23 October. Details and registration 👇
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@josefaschbacher.esa.int @krpoun.bsky.social
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@josefaschbacher.esa.int @krpoun.bsky.social