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The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company @emxys for the first CubeSat designed to operate on an asteroid's surface. It will be deployed by ESA's Ramses mission onto asteroid Apophis as it passes close by Earth on Friday 13 April 2029 esa.int/Space_Safety/Planeta…
Ramses CubeSat approaching asteroid Apophis

ALT Ramses CubeSat approaching asteroid Apophis

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🛰️I'm currently speeding my way thru deep space to the Dimorphos🪨asteroid, the only Solar System body whose orbit has been shifted by human action - when NASA's DART spacecraft💥impacted it - to check what happened to it next! See where I am right now: whereis.space/hera/
The trajectory of the Hera spacecraft relative to the Dimorphos asteroid and the orbits of the inner planets

ALT The trajectory of the Hera spacecraft relative to the Dimorphos asteroid and the orbits of the inner planets

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Everything you wanted to know about asteroids but were afraid to ask... ! Hera Principal Investigator Patrick Michel has a new book out on planetary defence & asteroids - in 🇫🇷 - odilejacob.fr/catalogue/scie…
Book cover of La Défense planétaire contre les astéroïdes with an image of a body streaking towards Earth's surface

ALT Book cover of La Défense planétaire contre les astéroïdes with an image of a body streaking towards Earth's surface

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Sean Blair retweeted
European Space Agency
@esaMay 8
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/Planeta…
ESA and JAXA deepen collaboration in planetary defence

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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/ove…
ESA's ESTEC technology centre seen from the air, among coastal sand dunes.

ALT ESA's ESTEC technology centre seen from the air, among coastal sand dunes.

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Where there’s a wing there’s a way! Time-lapse of a section of aircraft wing being 3D printed in lightweight plastic. Startup Wren Aerospace – based at @SBICNoordwijk – is developing uncrewed aircraft to perform satellite-like communication or observation functions while hanging in the stratosphere wrenaerospace.com/
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#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. 📅 👇esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
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Check out ESA's 50 milestone achievements during our first half century in our ESA Delivers brochure: esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
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One small step for a European... On this day in history - 20 Oct 1995 - ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter performed the first ESA spacewalk, during his Euromir mission to the Mir space station
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One year ago #HeraMission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. 12 months later sees it cruising on the far side of the Sun. Learn the story of Hera in space: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Video…
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Tomorrow’s the day! 🚀 ⏰ On Monday 8 September, registration opens for the ESA ESTEC Open Day! Don’t miss your once-a-year chance to explore space up close – including a special look at the Plato mission, ESA’s upcoming planet-hunting spacecraft 🌌🔭 📅 Open Day: Sunday, 12 October 📍ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands 📲Stay tuned and follow our partners! @spacerockslive @Spaceexpo @VisitNoordwijk @nl_campus @SBICNoordwijk @SpacebuzzO #ESAOpenDay #50YearsOfESA #NLSW25 #NLSpace #NetherlandsSpace #spacefortalent #SpaceRocks #NSO
ESA Nederland
@ESA_nl7 Sep 2025
🇳🇱 Morgen is het zover! 🚀 De inschrijving voor de ESA ESTEC Open Dagis geopend. Mis deze unieke kans niet om de ruimte van dichtbij te verkennen, inclusief een speciale blik op de PLATO-missie, ESA's aankomende ruimtesonde voor het zoeken naar planeten. 🌌🔭 📲 Mis geen updates van onze partners! @spacerockslive @Spaceexpo @VisitNoordwijk @nl_campus @SBICNoordwijk @SpacebuzzO #ESAOpenDay #50YearsOfESA #NLSW25 #NLSpace #NetherlandsSpace #spacefortalent #SpaceRocks #NSO 🇬🇧 Tomorrow’s the day! 🚀 Registration opens for the ESA ESTEC Open Day. Don’t miss your once-a-year chance to explore space up close — including a special look at the PLATO mission, ESA’s upcoming planet-hunting spacecraft. 🌌🔭 📲 Don’t miss update from our partners! @spacerockslive @Spaceexpo @VisitNoordwijk @nl_campus @SBICNoordwijk @SpacebuzzO #ESAOpenDay #50YearsOfESA #NLSW25 #NLSpace #NetherlandsSpace #spacefortalent #SpaceRocks #NSO
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Read all our 50 hallmark achievements to mark ESA's first half century in our ESA Delivers booklet, downloadable here: esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
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Today at #ESTEC in 🇳🇱 we celebrate 30 years of ESA Navigation activities, which resulted in the world's most accurate satellite navigation system, Galileo - one of our 50 hallmark achievements in our 50 year anniversary!
Entry in the ESA Delivers booklet

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An agency is defined by taking action - so what has the European Space Agency been doing during its first 50 years? Find out in our new brochure: esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
A double page spread from the ESA Delivers brochure

ALT A double page spread from the ESA Delivers brochure

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ESA Delivers: discover 50 ways Europe’s space agency changed our world (& the universe!) during the last five decades: esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publica…
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As #HeraMission flew past planet Mars it autonomously locked onto dozens of impact craters and other prominent surface features, tracking them over time, to test the self-driving technology the mission will employ to navigate around its target asteroids esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/He…
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This Wednesday our #HeraMission flies past Mars & its Deimos moon. On Thursday join our star-studded webcast - featuring ESA astronaut @Astro_Alex , SF author @AndyWeirAuthor & a surprise special guest - to see the images the car-sized spacecraft returns to Earth! esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Wa…
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Seed-sized space chip🤏The task of this tiny signal amplifier designed by @esa is to boost faint signals to usable levels, making future radar-based and telecommunications space missions possible📡 👉esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image…
tiny space chip held in tweezers and compared to a needle

ALT tiny space chip held in tweezers and compared to a needle

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Proba-3 twin satellites separated!🛰️🛰️Under the watchful eye of operations team at @esa's ESEC, the pair said goodbye to each other last night, 14 January 23:00 GMT. When their Sun-observing mission starts, the two will adopt a stable configuration at 150 m away from each other, ready to create artificial eclipses on demand☀️esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
Proba-3 satellites after separation

ALT Proba-3 satellites after separation

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