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👩‍🚀 Want to help train astronauts, design Moon tech or create space media? Internships at @esa.int's European Astronaut Centre in Germany 🇩🇪 are open! Join teams in 🧠 Space medicine 🎥 Media production 🌕 Spaceship EAC 🌍 Astronaut geology training Your mission starts here 🚀 www.esa.int/About_Us/EAC...

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🆕 The first stunning images from our groundbreaking #Biomass satellite mission have been released – they mark a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle 🌳🌍 www.esa.int/Applications...

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🔴 LIVE now on #ESAWebTV: opening keynote at #LPS25 in Vienna! 🌍 Stay with us for the latest breakthroughs in Earth observation 👉 esawebtv.esa.int The opening ceremony will include the unveiling of the first images from our forest mission, #Biomass 👇 lps25.esa.int/opening-sess...

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A close-up view of this week's destination: #Vienna🇦🇹 From 23-27 June, the city will welcome the @esaearth.esa.int Living Planet Symposium #LPS25, bringing together scientists, researchers and users of Earth observation data from all over the world to share the latest findings on Earth science.

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#ICYMI Happy summer solstice! 🌞 🌍 This year's solstice happened at exactly 04:42 CEST on 21 June, the moment the Sun reached its northernmost point in the sky. Viewed from space, these images capture a full year of shifting light and shadow, from one June solstice to the next 🧪🔭

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📸 This was our #WeekInImages 16-20 June 2025 ⬇️ www.esa.int/About_Us/Wee...

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That’s a wrap on day 5 at #SalonDuBourget with a special visit from French President Emmanuel Macron. See our highlights below ⤵️ 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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What a day at #SalonDuBourget! 🚀👩‍🚀 Marking the first public day of this year’s International Paris Air Show, the President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the #ParisSpaceHub. Together, President Macron and @soph-astro.esa.int announced that her mission name and patch: εpsilon.

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🚀 Meet εpsilon! ✨ @soph-astro.esa.int’s first mission name & patch just revealed at #SalonDuBourget with @esa.int Director General @josefaschbacher.esa.int and French President Emmanuel Macron. 🎨 Discover the story behind the patch in our blog: blogs.esa.int/exploration/...

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‼️ Follow the visit by President Macron to #ParisSpaceHub at #ParisAirShow @siae.fr today at 11:00 BST/12:00 CEST on ESA Web TV ➡️ esawebtv.esa.int (Please note the livestream will be in French)

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#Ignis #Ax4 update: NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX continue reviewing launch opportunities for Axiom Mission 4. NASA is standing down from a launch on Sunday, 22 June, and will target a new launch date in the coming days.

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✅ All systems are green for Day 5 of #SalonDuBourget! Here's what's going on at notre rendez-vous à #ParisAirShow ➡️ esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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And that's a wrap on day 4 of #SalonDuBourget! 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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Yesterday we celebrated #50YearsofESA @esa.int's journey began fifty years ago when ten European States put pen to paper and signed the ESA Convention. Not just any document, but a legal masterpiece that would profoundly shape our continent’s future, achieving what many thought impossible.

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Here's what's going on Day 4 the #SalonDuBourget ➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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That’s a wrap on day 3 at #SalonDuBourget. Are you coming to the public days this weekend? 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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🙌 Making space missions accessible for all. 🦿 @esa.int's astronaut reserve John McFall discussed today at #SalonDuBourget the work to make possible the first long duration spaceflight for people with physical disabilities. 👨‍🚀 More on the Fly! pioneering initiative: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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🔴 LIVE NOW: ESA - European Commission Press Conference at Le Bourget Paris Air Show 2025 ➡️ esawebtv.esa.int

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🚀 #Ax4 launch update. The #Ax4 crew remains in quarantine in Florida to maintain all medical and safety protocols. The crew is in good health and high spirits and looks forward to launch! See how you can watch live➡️ www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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Welcome to Day 3 of #SalonDuBourget! 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA... #ParisAirShow

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And that’s a wrap on day 2 at #SalonDuBourget. What was your favourite moment? ➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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LISA moves forward! 〰️ Today, at the #ParisAirShow, ESA and OHB System AG have sealed their agreement to build ESA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. The triple-spacecraft mission will be the first space-based observatory to study gravitational waves 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 1/

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All systems are green for Day 2 of #SalonDuBourget! Here's what's going on at notre rendez-vous à #ParisAirShow ➡️ www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...

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And that’s a wrap on day 1 at #SalonDuBourget. Did you stop by the Paris Space Hub to see us today at #ParisAirShow? 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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Breaking space news: We have made our own solar eclipse in space! 🌘 Today, we release the first images from our Proba-3 mission, which flies two spacecraft in precise formation to create artificial solar eclipses in orbit. Learn more ➡️ www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

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🔴 LIVE NOW: ESA DG @josefaschbacher.esa.int and @cnes.fr Lionel Suchet are coming to you live for the ESA-CNES press conference from #SalonDuBourget on esawebtv.esa.int

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🚀 The Paris Space Hub at Salon Du Bourget is officially inaugurated!

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Ready to lift-off day 1 at #SalonDuBourget? 🚀 Don't forget to join us live for the [email protected] press conference beginning at 14:00 BST/15:00 CEST on esawebtv.esa.int For ESA’s full programme at the #ParisAirShow click here ➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX are reviewing launch opportunities no earlier than Thursday, 19 June, for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4.

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Captured by Copernicus EU Sentinel-1, this radar image shows the Mahakam River delta with the city of Samarinda located in the river’s northern bank. Can you spot the many ships? They look like scattered bright spots.🚢 Access the image at its full resolution: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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We will join @cnes.fr in the ‘Paris Space Hub’ during the #SalonDuBourget taking place from 16-22 June. Catch a glimpse of our programme for the week ➡️ esa.int/About_Us/ESA... #ParisAirShow

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NASA and Axiom Space delay Axiom Mission 4 launch to the International Space Station. @exploration.esa.int

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🔴Live in 30 minutes! Follow the media information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun update journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting. The briefing starts at 13:00 BST/14:00 CEST. ➡️ esawebtv.esa.int

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2024 saw numerous outstanding achievements for us. Simply put, ESA delivers. Scroll through some of our core memories ➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA... 🔭 🛰️ 🌍 🧪

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🌞 See the Sun from a whole new angle. For the first time, our Solar Orbiter mission has captured close-up images of the Sun’s mysterious poles, regions long hidden from our view.

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#ESAImpact: our pick of the latest space snaps in our interactive ESA Impact: incl. launch of Europe’s forest-mapper Biomass, a portrait of Earth’s youngest desert, mysterious martian streaks, an artificial limb for space, and much more! www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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Today's launch for @astro-slawosz.bsky.social and the #Ax4 crew has been postponed to allow for additional checks on the launcher. Stay tuned for a new launch date!

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#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to an information session after the ESA Council meeting this week. The briefing starts at 13:00 BST/14:00 CEST, 12 June. Details and registration👇 🔗 www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre... @josefaschbacher.esa.int

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#Ax4 launches tomorrow with @esa.int project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski on board 🧑‍🚀✨ Frank De Winne, International Space Station and Terrae Novae Programme Manager, says #Ignis will be an intense, fast-paced mission — 80 hours of science in just 14 days 🧪🚀

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Tomorrow's launch for @esa.int's project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and the #Ax4 crew has been postponed to Wednesday. Liftoff is now set for 11 June at 12:00 GMT/14:00 CEST (08:00 local time, ET). #Ignis 🔗 www.spacex.com/launches/mis...

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🚀 "I'm looking forward to this last moment where I'm going to hear: 3...2...1... and liftoff," says @esa.int project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. Tomorrow, he launches to the International Space Station on his first mission with #Ignis. 🎥Catch the journey so far: youtu.be/OtGDSZtC3YI?...

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📷 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image shows IC 758, a galaxy known for a powerful explosion in 1999: supernova SN 1999bg 🧪🔭

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📺 @astro-slawosz.bsky.social is heading to the International Space Station on #Ax4 for his #Ignis mission. Watch live on #ESAWebTV and YouTube on 10 June from 11:15 BST/12:15 CEST👇

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L-1: One day to launch! 🚀 @astro-slawosz.bsky.social is heading to the International Space Station on #Ax4 for his first mission: #Ignis 🍿 Watch it live on #ESAWebTV and YouTube from 10:15 GMT (12:15 CEST). 📺 How to follow? esa.int/Science_Expl... Go #Ax4, go #Ignis! 🔥🇵🇱

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📷 This was our #WeekInImages, 2-6 June 2025 👇 www.esa.int/About_Us/Wee... 🧪🔭

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