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This module will also propel @esa.int’s Lunar I-Hab, joining NASA’s modules to form the Gateway – humankind’s next outpost around the Moon 🌙
European engineering is paving the way for deep space exploration 🌍🤝 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
European engineering is paving the way for deep space exploration 🌍🤝 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
The Gateway concept
The Gateway concept
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November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This module will also propel @esa.int’s Lunar I-Hab, joining NASA’s modules to form the Gateway – humankind’s next outpost around the Moon 🌙
European engineering is paving the way for deep space exploration 🌍🤝 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
European engineering is paving the way for deep space exploration 🌍🤝 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Engineers at Airbus transformed the structure into a spacecraft, using components crafted by 20+ companies in 10 European countries:
🔌 11 km of wiring
🚀 33 engines
⛽💧💨 8000+ litres of fuel, water and air
🌡️ a thermal system keeping astronauts at ~20°C
📸: Airbus
🔌 11 km of wiring
🚀 33 engines
⛽💧💨 8000+ litres of fuel, water and air
🌡️ a thermal system keeping astronauts at ~20°C
📸: Airbus
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Engineers at Airbus transformed the structure into a spacecraft, using components crafted by 20+ companies in 10 European countries:
🔌 11 km of wiring
🚀 33 engines
⛽💧💨 8000+ litres of fuel, water and air
🌡️ a thermal system keeping astronauts at ~20°C
📸: Airbus
🔌 11 km of wiring
🚀 33 engines
⛽💧💨 8000+ litres of fuel, water and air
🌡️ a thermal system keeping astronauts at ~20°C
📸: Airbus
⚙️ The module's journey began at Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, where the backbone structure was crafted with precision.
This framework is the foundation for propulsion 🚀, power ⚡and life-support systems 👩🚀 that will keep astronauts safe on their way to lunar orbit.
📸: Thales Alenia Space
This framework is the foundation for propulsion 🚀, power ⚡and life-support systems 👩🚀 that will keep astronauts safe on their way to lunar orbit.
📸: Thales Alenia Space
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
⚙️ The module's journey began at Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, where the backbone structure was crafted with precision.
This framework is the foundation for propulsion 🚀, power ⚡and life-support systems 👩🚀 that will keep astronauts safe on their way to lunar orbit.
📸: Thales Alenia Space
This framework is the foundation for propulsion 🚀, power ⚡and life-support systems 👩🚀 that will keep astronauts safe on their way to lunar orbit.
📸: Thales Alenia Space
🥁 And the answer is… the ExoMars landing platform deploying its ramps!
🎥 Recorded during recent tests at Astronika facilities in Poland: blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-...
Thanks for playing along!
🎥 Recorded during recent tests at Astronika facilities in Poland: blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-...
Thanks for playing along!
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🥁 And the answer is… the ExoMars landing platform deploying its ramps!
🎥 Recorded during recent tests at Astronika facilities in Poland: blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-...
Thanks for playing along!
🎥 Recorded during recent tests at Astronika facilities in Poland: blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-...
Thanks for playing along!
🙀 Here are some cats reacting to the sound. It may not help you guess, but they’re sensing something…
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🙀 Here are some cats reacting to the sound. It may not help you guess, but they’re sensing something…
🚀🇳🇱 @Spaceexpo, just next to @esa's technical centre in the Netherlands, is celebrating this historic milestone with a new exhibition about Wubbo Ockels, developed in collaboration with his wife Joos Ockels 👨🚀
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚀🇳🇱 @Spaceexpo, just next to @esa's technical centre in the Netherlands, is celebrating this historic milestone with a new exhibition about Wubbo Ockels, developed in collaboration with his wife Joos Ockels 👨🚀