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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflightOct 23
First European woman on the International Space Station 👩‍🚀✨ 25 years ago, in October 2001, Claudie Haigneré spent eight days aboard the @Space_Station, conducting scientific research and helping write a new chapter in European spaceflight history. @esa @ESA_fr
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Europe is building its own capability to reach, land and operate on the Moon. Bringing together expertise from across Europe, Argonaut will deliver cargo and technology to the lunar surface, starting with its first mission from 2030. 🔗esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Another successful step on Hera’s approach to Didymos and Dimorphos. 🎯
ESA's Hera mission
@ESA_HeraOct 23
Hera’s second braking manoeuvre yesterday proved successful, reducing the spacecraft’s velocity relative to the Didymos and Dimorphos system by 70 m/s from a distance of 2300 km away. Some 90% of the 31-minute thruster firing took place in the early morning, followed by a cross-check of performance, with the remaining 10% occurring that afternoon. Hera is now moving at 20 m/s relative to the asteroids; a trio of smaller ‘transition’ manoeuvres this coming week will reduce Hera’s relative velocity down to near zero. hera.esa.int/
Hera spacecraft flying through space

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Josef Aschbacher
@AschbacherJosefOct 23
This week we held the 350th ESA Council in Paris, an important step on the way to the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting (IMM) on Exploration to be held in December in Rome. We made good progress on the road to a more ambitous future for Europe.

DG takeaways: 350th ESA Council

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At its 350th meeting, our Council advanced key priorities for Europe in space, including the future of European space exploration, ESA–EU cooperation and preparations for upcoming Ministerial meetings. Read more: esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Relea…
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The 350th ESA Council has appointed two new ESA Directors: 🔹 Andrzej Banasiak, Director of Commercialisation and Industry Partnership 🔹 Nicolaus Hanowski, Director of Space Operations Both will take up their duties on 1 January 2027. Congratulations to both, and best wishes in their new roles! 🔗 esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_n…
Andrzej Banasiak

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Nicolaus Hanowski

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🔴 LIVE NOW: media briefing on the outcomes of the 350th ESA Council. 📺 Watch: watch.esa.int/Two/
European Space Agency
@esaOct 20
Join us live on 22 October at 14:00 CEST for a media briefing on the main outcomes of the 350th ESA Council, taking place this week at ESA Headquarters in Paris. Watch live: watch.esa.int/Two/
ESA HQ in Paris.

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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflightOct 21
Meet Argonaut: Europe's lunar lander programme 🌙 🚀 Launching on Ariane 6 rockets by end of 2030, Argonaut will deliver technology demonstrators 🤖, infrastructure 🏗️, science 🔬 and cargo 📦 to the Moon. 🔗esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
An Argonaut lander on the right, the wide lunar desert to the left, with hills and valleys. Credit: ESA-XR Lab.

ALT An Argonaut lander on the right, the wide lunar desert to the left, with hills and valleys. Credit: ESA-XR Lab.

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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflightOct 20
📡🌕 Lunar Link is complete. @esa’s lunar telecommunications system is now fully assembled, tested and ready for space. Built by ESA and European industry led by @Thales_Alenia_S, Lunar Link represents years of engineering excellence from across Europe. 🔗 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…

Lunar Link complete and ready for a new adventure

ESA’s Lunar Link telecommunications element has completed its final major integration and testing campaign at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France. 

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Join us live on 22 October at 14:00 CEST for a media briefing on the main outcomes of the 350th ESA Council, taking place this week at ESA Headquarters in Paris. Watch live: watch.esa.int/Two/
ESA HQ in Paris.

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Galileo Second Generation is taking shape. 🛰️ A new signal generation module, designed to be reprogrammed in orbit, will bring greater flexibility, accuracy and resilience to Europe’s satellite navigation system. Read more: esa.int/Applications/Satelli… @EU_Commission | @EU4Space | @AirbusSpace
The combined team (Airbus Space and Defence people in white coats, ESA people in blue coats) stand in front of the Galileo Second Generation radiofrequency output module, the large piece of equipment on the left. This is going to be integrated into the first flying satellite, the structure on the right of the picture.

ALT The combined team (Airbus Space and Defence people in white coats, ESA people in blue coats) stand in front of the Galileo Second Generation radiofrequency output module, the large piece of equipment on the left. This is going to be integrated into the first flying satellite, the structure on the right of the picture.

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European Space Agency retweeted
ESA Science
@esascienceOct 20
Next stop: Phobos & Deimos 🌑 MMX has successfully launched from Tanegashima, Japan. Its mission is to observe Mars’s mysterious moons, collect a sample from Phobos's surface and return it to Earth. 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image… @JAXA_en @NASA @CNES DLR @ESA
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ESA Operations
@esaoperationsOct 20
Happy launchversary @BepiColombo ! 🎂🚀🎉 Here’s to an extraordinarily complex, challenging, transformative mission! ☀️🌑🛰️ @esa @JAXA_en @ISAS_JAXA_EN @esascience #Mercury #BepiColombo
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ESA Science
@esascienceOct 19
. @ESA_Euclid discovers its first comet ☄️ That's quite impressive for a #DarkUniverse detective 🕵️ meant to take deep, steady images of distant galaxies, not fast-moving tiny objects. Discover more about the comet 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflightOct 19
🌕🚀 Over the past two weeks we’ve gone from lunar laser ranging to resource prospecting and lunar communications. Here’s a recap of @esa’s upcoming lunar science and tech demo missions, in order of launch 🔗esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
Moonset over Earth, captured by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot from the International Space Station.

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European Space Agency retweeted
Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflightOct 19
A prolific decade in Mars orbit. @esa’s Trace Gas Orbiter slipped into orbit around Mars at 17:24 CEST on 19 October 2016. Here are some impressive facts and figures about our largest Mars explorer 👇
Infographic with facts and figures about ESA's largest Mars explorer, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.

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We're developing a service station for the Moon. 🌕 OASIS will provide power, communications and data services to scientific experiments, helping them survive the two-week lunar night and operate for years on the surface. Read more: esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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European Space Agency retweeted
Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflightOct 16
🌕 Big missions aren't the only way to discover the Moon. Through the Moon Explore initiative, @esa is developing a new generation of smaller, faster missions to investigate the lunar environment and its resources. 🔗 Find out more: esa.int/Science_Exploration/…

Small lunar missions, big ambitions

Europe is preparing for a future in which astronauts, robots and scientific instruments work on and around the Moon. While major missions often capture the headlines, smaller missions can move...

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RT @Arianespace: 🚀 VA267 – LE-04 : Ariane 6's 10th flight is on the horizon! Arianespace is preparing to launch 36 Amazon Leo satellites a…
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Launching on 19 October, @JAXA_en's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will attempt a world-first sample return from Mars’s moon Phobos. We're contributing deep-space communication technology and ground station support to help make the mission possible. Read more: esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
MMX at Mars and Phobos

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