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Compendia 2026-28 Cover Image

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GSTP Element 1 ‘Develop’ Compendia 2026-2028: Publication a…

13/10/2025 3303 views 4 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite ready to roll to the launch pad

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Ariane 6 – made in Switzerland

10/10/2025 2149 views 7 likes

OSIP Highlights July - December 2024

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OSIP Highlights July–December 2024

09/10/2025 717 views 11 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 962 views 24 likes

In September, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space.

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Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space

08/10/2025 1541 views 18 likes

Working on Ariane 6 main engine nozzle

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Ariane 6 – made in Sweden

07/10/2025 1056 views 7 likes

The cavernous chamber of the Large Space Simulator

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Large Space Simulator gets a digital twin

06/10/2025 3507 views 44 likes

ESA's fourth deep space antenna, in New Norcia, Australia

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ESA inaugurates deep space antenna in Australia

04/10/2025 9783 views 103 likes

ATC Space structures for Ariane 6

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Ariane 6 – made in Czechia

03/10/2025 1042 views 5 likes

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Funding the future of European space through OSIP

03/10/2025 1067 views 15 likes

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Ariane 6 – made in Austria

30/09/2025 1529 views 4 likes

ESA and Avio signature for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission

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ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demo…

29/09/2025 4905 views 52 likes

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially announced Pulse, a new solution that streamlines mission monitoring and control. To be deployed next year on ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation, Pulse will progressively support all ESA missions and serve the broader European space sector.

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Pulse: ESA’s new approach to flying satellites

26/09/2025 2660 views 36 likes

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OSIP Open Discovery Ideas Channel – all you need to know

26/09/2025 1556 views 10 likes

Dielof van Loon and his drone

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The dynamic drone-rover duo with a special bond

24/09/2025 2084 views 25 likes

R&D for the future of navigation

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Teaching spacecraft to find their own way

23/09/2025 873 views 16 likes

Themis T1H on the launch pad

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Themis stands on the launch pad

19/09/2025 11847 views 99 likes

Phoebus team

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Phoebus: keeping cool with oxygen

18/09/2025 2378 views 42 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

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“We know the drill”: Sentinel-1D begins streamlined simulat…

16/09/2025 1216 views 19 likes

Endothelial cells

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

16/09/2025 1472 views 31 likes

Loft's Longbow satellite

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GSTP co-funds development for new Loft Orbital satellite pl…

09/09/2025 1179 views 5 likes

Galileo time

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ESA deploys new fully European ground-based atomic clock

07/09/2025 1757 views 19 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 4525 views 46 likes

Flight Ticket Initiative

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Flight Ticket Initiative: first five missions secured with …

27/08/2025 1974 views 22 likes

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Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

25/08/2025 17905 views 101 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 1553 views 16 likes

Hoisting satellites for Vega-C flight VV27 to the top of the rocket

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Watch live: Vega-C to launch CO3D and MicroCarb

23/07/2025 6696 views 47 likes

Vega-C flight VV27 payload installation on top of the rocket

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Building Vega-C flight VV27

22/07/2025 1094 views 15 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 2653 views 21 likes

INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform

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INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform

16/07/2025 30002 views 155 likes

YPSat-2 Team at the Young Professional Event 2025

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YPSat Programme

16/07/2025 545 views 1 likes

Entrance to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana

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New agreements for next decade of launches at Europe’s Spac…

10/07/2025 2249 views 21 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

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Europe's first deep-space optical communication link

10/07/2025 14458 views 91 likes

Space Rider model ready to drop

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Closing the loop: new Space Rider drop test

09/07/2025 5803 views 43 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 1770 views 36 likes

European Launcher Challenge visual

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European Launcher Challenge: preselected challengers unveil…

07/07/2025 20046 views 112 likes

Prometheus to power future launch vehicles

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Prometheus fires up once again (and again)

02/07/2025 1551 views 28 likes

Themis on the way to Kiruna

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Themis: the journey of Europe’s first reusable rocket has b…

30/06/2025 3371 views 26 likes

Innovative mission concepts enabled by disruptive computing paradigms

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Help ESA redefine the future of space computing

30/06/2025 2158 views 33 likes

Radio eye on forest mission Biomass

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R&D Successes Onboard Biomass

23/06/2025 1038 views 28 likes

Solar corona viewed by Proba-3’s ASPIICS

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Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse

16/06/2025 37199 views 144 likes

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50 Years of ESA R&D: An Oral History

16/06/2025 536 views 0 likes

The Moon over ESA's Cebreros deep space antenna

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Safeguarding Europe’s role in Solar System Internet: First …

16/06/2025 1869 views 17 likes

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50 Years of Innovative Propulsion in TDE

16/06/2025 595 views 0 likes

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1975 to Today: TDE Antenna Developments

16/06/2025 606 views 1 likes

Young Professional Event 2025 ESTEC

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YPSat-2 connects at the Young Professional Event 2025

10/06/2025 802 views 2 likes

Cebreros transmitting the Blue Danube Waltz

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ESA transmits the Blue Danube Waltz into deep space

04/06/2025 3176 views 31 likes

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Contract paves way for atomic oxygen testing facility

03/06/2025 1194 views 12 likes

ispace's RESILIENCE lander and TENACIOUS micro rover on the Moon

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ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover

03/06/2025 7787 views 73 likes

Mars plays hide and seek with Wolf Moon

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Nuclear rocket engine for Moon and Mars

02/06/2025 9633 views 72 likes

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