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Hera asteroid mission’s Mars flyby

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Hera swings by Mars
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Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby

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Week in images: 03-07 March 2025

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Press Release N° 24–2024
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ESA and NASA join forces to land Europe’s rover on Mars

ESA and NASA are consolidating their cooperation on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission with an agreement that ensures important US contributions, such as the launch service, elements of the propulsion system needed for landing on Mars and heater units for the Rosalind Franklin rover.
16/05/2024 4200 views
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Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.

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European engineers give Orion its wings

10/03/2025 937 views 33 likes
A solar array of the Orion spacecraft for Artemis II with the ESA and NASA logos
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The ART of training – part two

07/03/2025 992 views 12 likes
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Completing the spacecraft – Let’s Smile (episode 2)

06/03/2025 390 views 16 likes
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Press Release N° 49–2024
Science & Exploration

ESA 3D prints first metal part on the International Space Station

The first metal 3D printer in space, a collaboration between ESA and Airbus, has printed its first metal product on the International Space Station, a breakthrough in crew autonomy for future long-duration exploration missions.
06/09/2024 3059 views
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Space science from home: resources for children and adults

A selection of activities to pass time and learn more about space science

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Hera swings by Mars
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Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby

10/03/2025 6384 views 30 likes
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Hera Mars flyby

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James Webb Space Telescope will study asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb will provide a more accurate estimate of the asteroid's size

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Trailer Space Safety Programme at ESA

02/12/2024 1218 views 10 likes
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Using space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth

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ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site

10/03/2025 696 views 16 likes
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SPACE COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2024

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Earth from Space: Tirana, Albania

07/03/2025 7403 views 52 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Albania’s capital Tirana and its surroundings.
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ESA’s Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) programme

20/11/2024 1638 views 17 likes
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Press Release N° 1–2024
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Media invitation: Last chance to see the EarthCARE cloud and aerosol satellite in Europe

On 1 February, media representatives have the unique opportunity of seeing  the EarthCARE satellite up close in the cleanroom at Airbus facilities in Friedrichshafen, Germany, before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to California, USA, for a launch scheduled in May.
11/01/2024 3922 views
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Making space accessible and developing the technologies for the future

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Close-up of Proba-3’s Coronagraph, ready to dance

07/03/2025 737 views 21 likes
Close-up of Proba-3’s Coronagraph, ready to dance
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Ariane 6 takes flight for the second time

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Proba-3 lift-off replay

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Juice approaches Earth
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Blog: Juice's lunar-Earth flyby

Follow for the latest updates as ESA's Jupiter mission swings through the Earth system this summer

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Press Release N° 8–2024
Enabling & Support

Call for interest: Ariane 6 launch media events at Europe’s Spaceport

Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending media events at Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, for the first flight of Europe's new rocket Ariane 6. Journalists wishing to participate in either or both the pre-launch and launch media programmes detailed below, are asked to submit their application via ESA’s media accreditation page by Friday 1 March 2024.
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Each Swarm satellite will be eight metres long
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A 'Swarm' of satellites for a unique look inside the Earth

03/06/2004 2548 views 6 likes
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1001 schools register with Eduspace

02/06/2004 385 views 0 likes
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Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
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Rosetta's scientific 'first' - observation of Comet Linear

26/05/2004 2196 views 3 likes
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The Huygens probe separating from the Cassini spacecraft
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Cassini-Huygens approaching Saturn and Titan

26/05/2004 2039 views 1 likes
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Beagle 2 lander leaving the Mars Express orbiter
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Lessons learnt from Beagle 2 and plans to implement recomme…

24/05/2004 4525 views 4 likes
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Beagle 2 lander is ejected from the Mars Express orbiter
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Beagle 2: lessons learned and the way forward

20/05/2004 1224 views 1 likes
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STAR-suit
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StarTiger to roar in Finland

13/05/2004 1239 views 1 likes
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Soyuz launcher
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Ariane 5 and Soyuz to launch two Australian satellites from…

12/05/2004 1478 views 2 likes
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CHRIS image of Stromboli volcano
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ESA's miniature Earth observer put to many uses

04/05/2004 1681 views 1 likes
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg to sign agreement on accession to ESA Convention

03/05/2004 2098 views 1 likes
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Airbus A300-600 on the ILA2002
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A journey into space at the Berlin Air and Space Show

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Andre Kuipers safely back on Earth
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Successful European DELTA mission concludes with Soyuz land…

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Avanti's silent channel 'Magnetic' reaches 320 bars
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Music video channel via satellite

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China's Great Wall
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Enter the Dragon: ESA and China's joint Earth watch begins

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The International Space Station as seen from the Soyuz prior to docking.
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DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS

21/04/2004 1744 views 1 likes
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Launch of the DELTA Mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
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DELTA mission heading to ISS with Dutch ESA astronaut

19/04/2004 1352 views 1 likes
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Earth Explorers
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ESA consults European science community on candidate Earth …

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Global coverage SST map derived from AATSR for July 2003
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Proof of a warming world is written on water

14/04/2004 1823 views 4 likes
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Last Soyuz training for 8S crew
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Follow the DELTA launch and docking with the ISS from one o…

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Solar Impulse aircraft
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Space technologies aid solar-powered global flight bid

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The Mars Express spacecraft in orbit around Mars
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Mars Express confirms methane in the Martian atmosphere

30/03/2004 12176 views 26 likes
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Space station Mir
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Europe and Russia: a 15-year partnership in human spaceflig…

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Rosetta encounters an asteroid
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Two asteroid fly-bys for Rosetta

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Rosetta lift-off
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Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the So…

02/03/2004 2653 views 3 likes
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Ariane 5 ready for lift off
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ESA’s Rosetta launch re-scheduled: Follow the launch from a…

01/03/2004 978 views 0 likes
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Ariane 5 ready for lift off
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ESA’s Rosetta launch re-scheduled: Follow the launch from a…

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Missing piece of thermal insulation on Ariane Flight 158
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Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons

27/02/2004 1957 views 1 likes
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Matroshka experiment: Phantom and external container
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ISS to receive experimental figurehead during spacewalk

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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Once a myth, now an object of study

23/02/2004 1974 views 0 likes
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Artist's view of the ExoMars descent module
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ESA prepares mission to search for life on Mars

23/02/2004 2313 views 1 likes
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Rosetta: ESA's comet chaser
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ESA's Rosetta comet chaser ready for lift-off

17/02/2004 680 views 0 likes
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Rosetta's lander on a comet's surface
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Hi-tech in space - Rosetta - a space sophisticate

16/02/2004 1510 views 2 likes
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Crater Gusev - HRSC image 16 January 2004
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International, interplanetary and no interference! Mars Exp…

12/02/2004 1373 views 1 likes
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Artist's impression of Beagle 2 on Martian surface
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UK and ESA announce Beagle 2 inquiry

11/02/2004 2717 views 0 likes
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Rosetta’s Philae lander on comet nucleus
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Unlocking the secrets of the universe: Rosetta lander named…

05/02/2004 9500 views 12 likes
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Europe set to fly higher still

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Espresso receives BETT award
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Espresso Education receives BETT award

05/02/2004 770 views 0 likes
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Rosetta orbits comet with lander on its surface
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The Rosetta space probe’s long trek to Comet 67P/Churyumov-…

03/02/2004 6440 views 7 likes
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Using EGNOS to navigate on the Yangzte River
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EGNOS improves safety for maritime navigation in China

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Progress M1-11 launch
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Successful Progress launch paves the way for further scien…

29/01/2004 1298 views 0 likes
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Rosetta approaching its ultimate destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Rosetta – a new target to solve planetary mysteries

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Mars Express HRSC image 14 January 2004
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First spectacular results from Mars Express

19/01/2004 4829 views 4 likes
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The ESOC control room
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Mars Express: no signal from Beagle 2 so far

07/01/2004 823 views 0 likes
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ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain
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ESA Director General to meet the press in Paris

07/01/2004 394 views 0 likes
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Rosetta leaves home to catch a comet
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Main press and communication activities for 2004

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Mars Express orbiter's main engine firing for orbital adjustment
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Closing in on the Red Planet: Mars Express orbit lowered

04/01/2004 1959 views 2 likes
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ESA's Mars Express from equatorial to polar orbit on 30 December
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Mars Express scheduled orbit change

30/12/2003 4346 views 1 likes
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Jodrell Bank radio telescope
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Scientists and engineers still waiting to hear from Beagle …

27/12/2003 554 views 0 likes
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Mars Express orbiter
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Mars Express orbiting precisely and safely

27/12/2003 1149 views 0 likes
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Mars Express orbiter's main engine is firing for Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI).
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Merry Christmas from Mars:Mars Express enters orbit around …

25/12/2003 5163 views 16 likes
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