🚀 Extending Satellite Lifespans Starts with Smarter Docking
We just reached a major milestone to make in-orbit satellite servicing a reality!
Our docking dynamics testbench is now operational designed to simulate and quantify interaction during docking
-> shorturl.at/QQJHU @traindoctor.bsky.social

🛰️ #Ariane6 will take Metop-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5A to orbit on 13 August at 01:37 BST, 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 local time).
The satellite carries the Copernicus EU Sentinel-5A, supporting critical atmospheric monitoring for climate and air quality research.
@transport.esa.int #space

NASA’s Europa Clipper has successfully completed a key #test of its ice-penetrating #radar system during a close flyby of Mars.🚀🔴
The milestone validates the radar’s performance in preparation for its mission to study the subsurface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.🌌🧊
@space.com

#space #mars

#First MetOp-SG #satellite sealed within #Ariane 6 fairing!
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read more in the article below 🌌
@esa.int @transport.esa.int

#space #innovation

🌍 Europe’s latest CO₂-monitoring satellite, MicroCarb, successfully launched aboard Vega-C a week ago — now set to track the planet’s major sources and sinks of this key greenhouse gas. 🚀

Find out more @technology.esa.int
👇 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

@transport.esa.int

Four robots explored a Mars-like terrain in #Germany
--> @exploration.esa.int #DLR #ESA 👇

Training robots from space

🤖 Four robots explored a Mars-like terrain in Germany, remotely guided by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim aboard the Space Station.
The ESA/DLR Surface Avatar experiment is shaping how astronauts and robots will explore the Moon 🌕, Mars 🔴 and beyond 🚀
🔗 Find out more: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Zoom Into #NGC602
@lovereading.bsky.social
#space #astronomy #astro #esa

💫 #ESAOpenDays in September in October!
Save the dates! @esa.int

During its 22 years in space, Integral studied the most dramatic events in the Universe @science.esa.int
#space #exploration #supernova

@science.esa.int and the ESA’s #Plato #mission
will explore if there are other #planets in the habitable zone

--> find out more: shorturl.at/tEdgY
#space #exploration #mimssions

@science.esa.int #space #spacenews #observatory

👏@science.esa.int and the Smile mission has made it through a tough set of tests: #Spikes, #Scales, #Shaker, #SolarArrayStretch, #SpaceSimulator
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#comet 3I/ATLAS, the #third #interstellar #object ever discovered 🧪🔭was observed by the Gemini North #telescope in Hawaii

@pomarede.bsky.social
#space #inspiration #SpaceObservation

Hot off the press: the LIGO Virgo KAGRAanalysis of #GW231123 is now on arXiv and free to read!

@ligo.org #science #openscience #opendata

Six ERC Grants for TUM researchers Researchers at TUM have been awarded six ERC Proof of Concept Grants. Technology transfer plays a particularly important role at TUM.

Congratulations to six of the #TUM researchers, including, who receive ERC Proof of Concept Grants for projects in #cloudcomputing, #robotics, #cancermedicine, #drugdevelopment and #astrophysics 👏

www.tum.de/en/news-and-...

@erc.europa.eu @tum.de

#ERCPoC #QuantumTechnologies #AI

#LIGO has spotted the most massive #black #hole #collision ever detected

@chanda.bsky.social #space #discovery

📢 Stay updated on space sustainability!
Subscribe to our Ice2Thrust.Space newsletter for project updates, partner insights & space tech breakthroughs from @tum.de, @uni.lu, EnduroSat & Tech Tour.
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#space #Ice2Thrust

@science.esa.int with exciting #galaxy observation in #space.

New position available at my chair of Lunar and Planetary Exploration: | Philipp Reiss New position available at my chair of Lunar and Planetary Exploration: https://lnkd.in/dXZPhgTs We are looking for a new team member (PhD/Postdoc) to support our LVS instrument development for an upc...

Exited about #Lunar and #Planetary #Exploitation?

Our partners from @tum.de and Prof. Philipp Reiss are looking for a new team member (PhD/Postdoc) to join their team! 👇
shorturl.at/a7f65

Do not miss today: @esa.int 1 July at 23:03 CEST
The launch of the MTG-S1 satellite, carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument.
🚀 Liftoff with live coverage on esawebtv.esa.int. #space #saltellites #launch

Exciting news from @tum.de & Claudia Eckert, TUM's professor of #ITSecurity and executive director of Fraunhofer AISEC!

Model of the International Space Station at ESA visitor centre Space Expo in Noordwijk, The Netherlands

ESA visitor centre Space Expo in Noordwijk, The Netherlands

🎂 🚀 Congratulations to Space Expo on 35 years of inspiring the public with the wonders of space! Our official visitor centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, has it all: a mini test centre, model of the ISS and so much more! Plan your space trip here 👉 www.space-expo.nl/en
@nl.esa.int

Satellites Archives Browse products: satellites, structures, power modules, communication modules, onboard computers, antennas, solar panels and more

Impressive work from our partners — demonstrating true end-to-end expertise with satellites fully designed, assembled, and tested in-house.🛰️
Pushing boundaries and proving once again that #spaceiscloserthanyouthink.🚀
@endurosat www.endurosat.com/products-cat...
#endurosat
#satelites
#space

ESA Operations (@operations.esa.int) The network keeps an eye on satellites no matter their location: tracking them across Earth orbit, voyaging to comets or asteroids, keeping station at the scientifically important Sun-Earth Lagrange…

From Earth orbit to the edges of our Solar System — ESA’s Estrack network plays a vital role in keeping missions connected and science moving forward. 🌍📡

A backbone of space exploration, enabling everything from satellite tracking to deep space communication.

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🚀 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝟐𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭!
Our first hotfire tests for the Water Electrolysis Propulsion (WEP) thruster — by our partner @tum.de!
✅ Transpiration cooling
✅ Catalytic ignition
✅ 3+ mins burn time
𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞: ice2thrust.space/first-hotfir...
#ice2thrust

🚀 Launch of THE FIRST JOINT #Pathfinder #Portfolio Newsletter! ☀️

We’re excited to present the #first #edition of the newsletter by the EIC Pathfinder Portfolio: “In Space Solar Energy Harvesting” — your gateway to the latest innovations in space-based solar energy: lnkd.in/dSZtS83E

#EICPathfinder

𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝: ☄️ #CometInterceptor will explore a pristine comet entering the inner Solar System for the first time.

Looking forward to the insights this could bring on the origins of life on Earth.
#SpaceExploration @esa

Link: bsky.app/profile/scie...

ispace inc, and Luxembourg are ready to land on the Moon!
The first European rover to land on a celestial body is on its way to the Moon's surface!
We have the privilege to share that ispace's TENACIOUS lunar rover operators have successfully undergone training at the @uni.lu

🚀 𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐒𝐀 — 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Here’s to the next chapter in Europe’s journey beyond Earth. 🛰️ 🌍

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