
🔊 These speakers go to 140 dB 🤘 Our European Service Module for Artemis III successfully passed its acoustic test at @NASAKennedy, proving it is ready to survive the intense vibrations from the rocket launch 🚀 Find out more 🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
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🔊 These speakers go to 140 dB 🤘 Our European Service Module for Artemis III successfully passed its acoustic test at @NASAKennedy, proving it is ready to survive the intense vibrations from the rocket launch 🚀 Find out more 🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

Follow a total solar eclipse with us! ☀️ 🌑 🌍 Join us for the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse either in person in León, Spain or follow our live broadcast from wherever you are. All details, including educational resources, are available here 👉 esa.int/solareclipse

#WatchLive: today at 16:10 CEST from #GLOBSEC2026 in Prague: ESA DG @AschbacherJosef joins a panel on how space capabilities are shaping Europe’s security and strategic autonomy. 🔗 watch.esa.int/Two/

Three months into her #εpsilon mission on board the International @Space_Station, ESA astronaut @Soph_astro will hold a press briefing (in English and French) this afternoon at 15:45 CET/13:45 GMT. 📺 Tune in via watch.esa.int, channel 2.

What is Smile set out to discover? This groundbreaking mission will observe Earth’s magnetosphere in X-rays while capturing the northern lights in ultraviolet, offering an entirely new way to see how our planet defends itself from solar storms.

✅ Mission success for Smile. Following lift-off on Vega-C at 05:52 CEST, separation at 06:48 CEST and solar panels deployment at 06:49 CEST, Smile is now underway to study Earth’s magnetic shield. 🔗 esa.int/Science_Explor… @esascience @ESA_transport @CNES @Avio_Group @CAS__Science

#WatchLive: follow the launch of #Smile on Vega-C #VV29 🚀 Tune into ESA Web TV on 19 May from 05:30 CEST 🔗 watch.esa.int Key milestones expected: 🚀 05:52 Vega-C liftoff 👋 06:48 Separation of Smile 📈 06:49 Acquisition of Smile’s first signal from space 🛰️ 06:55 Deployment of solar arrays

Planet Earth. 2026 AD. This is a special time in history. Introducing 'Inspector Smile', Chapter 2 🛰️ This comic strip recap brings you up to speed with the Smile mission, ahead of launch on 19 May.

This month, Mars Express takes us to Shalbatana Vallis – a 10-kilometre-wide, 500-metre-deep valley that weaves its way across the Red Planet for around 1300 km. Explore the image and discover its secrets 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…

Smile, our mission to study Earth's response to solar winds, has arrived at the launch pad. It is now positioned atop Vega-C’s fourth stage ahead of the 19 May launch #VV29 🚀 🔗esa.int/Science_Explor…

#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to see the #Plato spacecraft in the cleanroom, and meet ESA experts behind Europe’s exoplanet mission. 🗓️ 20 May 2026 📍 ESTEC, Noordwijk 🇳🇱 Details & registration 👇 esa.int/Newsroom/Press…

A new chapter in the ESA—JAXA cooperation on planetary defence. 🌍 The agreement signed this week confirms collaboration on #Ramses, our mission to asteroid Apophis ahead of its rare close flyby in 2029. Space safety is a priority. 🔗 esa.int/Space_Safety/P…

Hera is part of ESA's Space Safety programme, protecting our planet, people & infrastructure from space hazards. 🚨Last call! 🚨On 16 June our Space Safety Industry Day at #ESTEC in 🇳🇱 shares how European industry can partner in our work - come join us! 👉 indico.esa.int/event/646/over…

#MediaInvitation: Q&A with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, live from the ISS on 20 May. Limited media slots available. Register by 13 May 👇 esa.int/Newsroom/Press…

#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to engage with ESA leadership, astronauts and experts at the Berlin International Air Show #ILA2026 #Space4Future 🗓️ 10-14 June 2026 📍 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) Details and registration 👇 esa.int/Newsroom/Press…

Two national EO missions were launched yesterday onboard a @SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket: 🛰️Italy's @IrideSpazio (esa.int/Applications/O…) 🛰️Greece's Hellenic Fire System (esa.int/Applications/O…) Credits: SpaceX

Dear bakers, the judges would like you to decontaminate a parachute that will land on Mars. 🪂🔴 On your marks, get set… bake! 1️⃣ Place your parachute into an oven 2️⃣ Set the oven to 125°C for ~50 hours 3️⃣ When the centre of the parachute reaches 125°C, continue to bake for 36 hours

And we have liftoff for Ariane 6 🚀 Flight #VA268 has just left Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana and is heading to low Earth orbit.

Watch the launch of Ariane 6 #VA268, Europe’s most powerful rocket, on its second flight with four boosters. Liftoff is scheduled for 30 April 2026, between 09:08-09:57 BST/10:08-10:57 CEST 👇 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…