Iván López

Another fully European launch carrying European missions that will carry on a legacy of crucial applications here on Earth, for Europeans. This is what @esa.int is about: space for Europe!

13.08.2025 07:02 — 👍 32    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 2

New Paper Published. I am incredibly proud of this one. I agreed to this review when I was the branch chief of research and thought I could get the paper done in about 6 months....then multiple job shifts happened and the paper was submitted just over a year and 6 months after I said yes. (1/4)

08.08.2025 17:18 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

Volcanic gas plumes’ effect on the spectrum of Venus Venus is home to thousands of volcanoes, with a wide range of volumes and sizes. Its surface is relatively young, with a temperature of approximately …

🛰️ Have a look to this new research paper from the community: 'Volcanic gas plumes’ effect on the spectrum of Venus' by J.A. Dias et al. (@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If you have new exciting results of your research to share on social media, send it to us! 🪐

02.06.2025 06:28 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Novel Performances of a Combined Raman‐LIBS Instrument for Future Lunar Astronaut Exploration Program: The PHOENIX for PANGAEA Project This work shows the performance obtained by one of the two Portable Handheld cOmbinEd RamaN-LIBS-XRF (PHOENIX) instruments developed within the framework of this ESA contract.

Check out new work:
Novel Performances of a Combined Raman‐LIBS Instrument for Future Lunar Astronaut Exploration Program: The PHOENIX for PANGAEA Project - Moral - Journal of Raman Spectroscopy - Wiley Online Library analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

31.05.2025 09:41 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Happy Birthday #ESA!!!!

Looking forward for the next incredible 50 years

#50YearsOfESA

30.05.2025 08:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tricorder Tech: Testing Away Team Tools For The Moon And Beyond - Astrobiology Bathed in realistic lighting, this was the first rehearsal to try out the ergonomics of scientific tools to study the mineralogical and chemical composition of regolith

Tricorder Tech: Testing Away Team Tools For The Moon And Beyond
astrobiology.com/2025/04/tric... #astrobiology #Tricorder #AwayTeam #Artemis

18.04.2025 17:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

⚙️ Drilling deeper into Mars than ever before with @esa.int's Rosalind Franklin rover.

🤖 Its drill will dig 2 metres below the surface, where signs of ancient life could be preserved.

🍿 Enjoy this new ExoMars episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...

👇🧵 For some of the rover's DIY tricks.

26.02.2025 09:33 — 👍 154    🔁 31    💬 4    📌 6

ESA celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 Today we mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Join us in a journey around Europe with EIROforum organisations to discover the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of scien...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬

Join us in celebrating the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of science and technology, and dive deeper into the story of one of our young professionals making her way in space.

➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/Div...

11.02.2025 12:35 — 👍 443    🔁 118    💬 4    📌 6

ESA's Director of Science Carole Mundell (right) and Thales Alenia Space Italia CEO and Thales Alenia Space Deputy CEO Giampiero Di Paolo (left) shake hands after signing a contract for the Envision mission. The agreement makes Thales Alenia Space the mission's prime contractor, responsible for the final design, construction and testing of the Envision spacecraft.

Signed and sealed: ESA's next Venus mission #Envision can move towards construction. During the 17th #EuropeanSpaceConf, ESA awarded a contract to
@thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social to build the Envision spacecraft.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @cmundell.bsky.social

28.01.2025 16:52 — 👍 150    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 3