At Airbus, we’re for what’s next. Join us as we work to fuel progress in space and, in doing so, create a better future for earth and all humankind.
#NextSpace
It was a pleasure and honour to welcome
@NASA
Astronaut 👨🚀 Randy Bresnik
@AstroKomrade
for our latest
#podcast
🎙.
"Open your ears 👂" to the fascinating world of space in this new episode
🔗
#SpaceMatters
🔎 Suez canal blockage seen from space 🛰
Airbus-built Pléiades high-res. satellite image 📷taken this morning, showing a container ship stuck in the canal.
The launch of an Ariane rocket is an unforgettable event! Thousands gathered to watch the Ariane 5's 100th launch in 2018. Discover more about the role the Ariane played in the most astounding space missions of the last 40 years here:
#Airbus50
50 years ago today, NASA launched the historic Apollo 11 mission. Now, we can build several of the new OneWeb Satellites in the 4 days it took the Apollo 11 to reach the Moon, bringing high-speed internet to connect the world
#Airbus50
📸 Dubai Airshow seen from Space 🛰️
Taken by our very high resolution satellite
#Pl
éiadesNeo.
Which aircraft can you spot 🔎
Tell us in the comments 👇
#DAS23
#DubaiAirShow2023
The
#Artemis
I launch is getting closer 😃
We just captured the SLS rocket 🚀 on its launch pad with our
#Pl
éiadesNeo 🛰 hi-res satellite.
We can't wait to see the Orion spacecraft propelled by European-built service module in space!
📸🛰️
@DubaiAirshow
We're looking out for you 😉
Here is the
#DubaiAirshow
seen from space.
Taken by high resolution satellite
#Pl
éiades.
#DAS19
Which aircraft can you name? 🔎
[
#SpaceMatters
]
Ever wondered how the Orion Service Module is built?
During the coming weeks we will explain how Airbus is building
@esa
's ESM for
@NASA_Orion
's spacecraft. 🛰
Stay tuned to learn how our team of engineers are working together on this unique project!
#ARTEMIS
Guess who's back... back again! 😉
#Pl
éiadesNeo 🛰 spotted
@NASA_SLS
🚀 back on the launch pad!
With
@NASA_Orion
onboard, last preparations are ongoing before launch on 14th November. 📅
#OrionESM
#Artemis
Here's looking at you🤩 See you soon up here😉🚀
Spotted from Space, SpaceX's Starship is now on the launch pad! 🚀
In the future, Starship will be one of the pieces of the 🧩 to enable Moon-return with
#Artemis
and the post-ISS era with
@AirbusSpace
&
@voyagerspace_
's
#Starlab
.…
This is the
#FarnboroughAirShow
as seen from space and for the first time - in 30cm resolution, taken with
#Pl
éiadesNeo satellite🛰
Which Airbus aircraft can you spot? ✈️🚁🛩
#FIA2022
Guaranteeing food security, reducing agriculture's environmental impact & preserving natural resources are huge societal challenges.
To meet them, farmers explore innovative practices.
Discover how the work of Isabelle from Airbus &
#Pl
éiadesNeo satellites support farmers.
#Orion
is NASA’s next spacecraft to send humans into space. It is designed to send astronauts further into space than ever before, beyond the Moon to asteroids and even Mars.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's official delivery ceremony - live on our twitter account.
One step closer to clearing space debris in orbit. 🧹
The
#RemoveDEBRIS
harpoon experiment, designed & built by Airbus in 🇬🇧, has been fired in orbit. Result? Stay tuned...
✅ or ❌?
#Aeolus
🛰️, built by Airbus, is the 1st satellite to study Earth’s wind patterns from space with the innovative laser technology instrument Aladin.
🚀Launch is scheduled on 21 August from
#Kourou
on Vega
#VV12
.
Stay tuned & Watch this space for more.
Satellites have alerted us to the increasing rise in sea levels. We build
#satellites
that provide accurate sea-level data for those who enable science-based decisions. Meet
#Copernicus
Sentinel-6 satellite manager Raphael, and discover how his work is providing scientists with…
We are excited that European astronaut Alexander Gerst will be joining Airbus and
@esa
during the
#Artemis
event featuring the Orion ESMs on 2nd February.
Ask
@Astro_Alex
your questions about ESA Moon missions in the comments below 👇
#ForwardToTheMoon
Is life unique to Earth or could it occur elsewhere? 👽
For those who are expanding human knowledge, we’ve designed and built the
#ESAJuice
spacecraft. 🛰️
🔗 Read more about what
@ESA_JUICE
means to scientists, and what lies behind their research:
At
#SpaceSymposium
, we’ve unveiled our Airbus LOOP multi-purpose orbital module! 😍
ℹ️ designed to make long-term stays in space more comfortable and enjoyable for its inhabitants and exploit the potential of tomorrow’s technologies to best support humanity's future in space. 👩🚀…
Airbus-built European Robotic Arm (ERA) ready for Space.
Airbus space engineers have installed
@ESA
’s
#ERA
onto the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) known as ‘
#Nauka
’ and it is now ready for its flight to the
#ISS
@Space_Station
🚀.
🔗
#JUICE
’s final take-off 🛫 before lift-off! 🚀
Special delivery later today:
📍 Destination: European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana
🔜 Next steps: last preparations before launch on an Ariane 5 in April 2023
🔗 Read more:
#Pl
éiadesNeo 🛰 has captured the aftermath of the recent volcanic eruption in
#Tonga
.
🔎The 30cm imagery clearly shows the island has completely changed following the natural disaster, with only the very edges still visible above sea level😮
#HungaTonga
#TongaVolcano
The 2nd European Service Module of
@NASA_Orion
🛰 has lifted up for mass measurement, before it will land safely on the container ground plate.
One important step for delivery readiness.
Exciting week for the ESM2 😃
Preparations for delivery to NASA have begun.
#Artemis
#SevillaesEspacial
🚀
Among more than 20 candidates from different Spanish cities, Seville stood out & will host the future Spanish Space Agency! It will be a perfect addition to the aerospace tradition of the Andalusian capital for more exciting missions
🔗
A closer 👀 at the
@NASA_Orion
European powerhouse.
The European Service Module provides propulsion throughout the journey to and from the Moon.🌕
It supplies thermal control, ⚡️ and 💧 for the future astronauts 👩🚀 as well as sending commands & getting information from sensors.
Successful launch 🚀 for the Airbus-built
@InmarsatGlobal
#I6F2
! 🛰️
Watch this breathtaking scene as the satellite and launcher separate.
This is when the satellite starts working independently and marks the beginning of its mission in space!
🎥
@SpaceX
Stunning shot of
@NASA_Orion
's camera capturing the Moon! 🌕
This is for sure one of our preferred
#ForwardToTheMoon
pics! 🤩
Share your favourite
#Artemis
view in the comments! 👇
Wow! 😍
A camera on one of the
@NASA_Orion
European Service Module solar arrays captured the Earth in a unique way…
#OrionESM
is composed of 4⃣ 19m wings, all built by the Airbus teams, comprising a total of 15,000 solar cells to power the spacecraft.
#Artemis
#Artemis
I is over but this is only the beginning of this new era of lunar exploration. 🌕
The data collected during this first mission will be analysed to prepare for the future missions, this time with astronauts onboard! 👩🚀
🔗 Read more:
Very important milestone happening this week as Airbus is officially delivering
@esa
's Service Module (for EM-1) for
#Orion
to
@NASA_Orion
on Friday 2 Nov. Watch this space for more.
#Pl
éiadesNeo satellite 🛰 delivers first very high resolution images 📸
The successful acquisition & delivery of these first 30cm images open a new era for commercial & government geospatial applications requiring a high level of accuracy & responsiveness.
As 2018 draws to a close, we look back at the great year we’ve had with Zephyr. From launching production in the UK & our flight centre in Australia to a successful maiden flight in the USA, Zephyr has proven it’s the leading solar electric,
#stratospheric
, UAV.
#wemakeitfly
We asked Pablo Álvarez Fernández,
@Airbus
A350 Project Management Officer, what's next for him in space after his selection as a new
@ESA
astronaut 🧑🚀
#AirbusSummit
🔥 Successful OMS-Engine test for the European Service Module at NASA test facility in White Sands.
Propulsion subsystem of
@NASA_Orion
must first be tested and qualified on Earth before being used in space.
Congrats to the combined team of ESA, NASA, Lockheed Martin & Airbus.
This is the
#SGAirshow2022
as seen from space 🛰 and for the first time in 3️⃣0️⃣cm resolution, taken by our
#Pl
éiadesNeo satellite.
🔎Which Airbus aircraft can you spot?
#Webb
spotted using Airbus’ ground-based telescope 🔭 1.6 million km from Earth.
Might look like just another star but using positioning data published by
@NASAJPL
we calibrated our robotic telescope usually used for tracking & surveillance of satellites and debris in space.
Look how the icy moons are dancing around Jupiter 💃
Hard to believe, but these pictures were taken by our
#Pl
éiadesNeo satellite 🛰️🙌
#ESAJuice
#DestinationJupiter
Here's where the
#Artemis
I mission is heading! 🚀
In a few hours, the
@NASA_Orion
spacecraft 🛰 will reach the Moon 🌕 to prepare the experiment's readiness for the 1st crewed Moon-mission planned for 2024.
📸
#Pl
éiadesNeo
Beautifully packaged 🎁.
The 2nd European Service Module for
@NASA_Orion
is ready for shipment.
It’s now placed in the container.
This high-tech cover air-conditions the module and provides a safe environment for transport to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸
Marking the end of 9 years of designing, building & working together on the next-gen powerhouse that will propel Orion to the Moon, the ESM-1 built by Airbus, has passed its Acceptance Review & is now officially
@NASA
’s property.
#Artemis
#ForwardToTheMoon
The
#ExoMars
rover “Rosalind Franklin” spent the weekend suspended from the cleanroom ceiling at Airbus in Stevenage 🇬🇧 while engineers completed final radar tests before it leaves the UK later today and heads to Airbus Toulouse 🇫🇷
The BepiColombo mission to
#Mercury
is set for launch by
#Ariane5
on 20 October 2018 (01:45 GMT) 🚀
#VA245
The 4 in 1 spacecraft to uncover Mercury's mysteries will arrive near the rocky planet end of 2025 after a 8,524,000,000 km journey 😮
Stay tuned...
✅ The 4️⃣ tanks for the 2nd ESM of
@NASA_Orion
successfully installed.
These will provide drinking water 🚰 for the 4 astronauts 👨🚀👩🚀 on board the 1st crewed
@NASAArtemis
mission
#Artemis
II 🚀
Can you guess the volume of 1 tank? 👇
📢 Airbus wins next study contract for Mars Sample Fetch Rover!
Required to travel more than 15km across the Red Planet, the
@esa
Sample Fetch Rover will be used to bring samples back from the surface of Mars for the first time.
🔗 Learn more:
Eager to know more about the Airbus-built
#ESAJuice
spacecraft’s journey to Jupiter? 🤔
Over 8 years,
#JUICE
will make several gravity slingshots of Earth 🌎, the Moon 🌕 and Venus to propel the spacecraft 🛰️ to Jupiter’s system.
Aim of the mission: explore Jupiter and three of…
#Artemis
I - the Moon and the Earth (and
@NASA_Orion
) in one shot 📸
Taken during the Moon flyby of the Orion spacecraft 🛰️ powered by the
@esa
service module at more than 300,000 km from Earth and only a few hundred km above the Moon. 🌕
Thrilled to contribute to
@airbus
’
#zeroe
:
👉 our Space experts on pressurised hardware will provide support for the critical development and the industrialisation of Cryogenic tanks for the storage of liquid Hydrogen.
We are One!
So excited to have shared our
#zeroe
concept aircraft with you!
Missed it? We’ve got you covered. Check this out 👇
But this is only the beginning. Stay tuned for more in the weeks to come!
Learn more on our website:
#ZeDay
#ZeroEmissionsDay
The
#Artemis
I mission is drawing to a close with the upcoming splashdown of
@NASA_Orion
in the Pacific Ocean at around 18.40 CET. Before this incredible mission ends, let’s relive some of the best moments with these breathtaking 📸 of this journey to the 🌕… and now back again.
#Artemisfacts
🛰️
#OrionESM
provides propulsion 🚀, power ⚡, water 💧 and air 💨 to the astronaut 👨🚀👩🚀 capsule – as well as keeping it at the right temperature. 🌡️
The module’s structure is the backbone of the entire vehicle, a bit like a car chassis. 🚗
[
#SpaceMatters
]
Airbus wins
@esa
contract to construct third European Service Module for
@NASA_Orion
's spacecraft! 🛰
The third European Service Module will be used to fly astronauts 👩🚀👨🚀 on the US Artemis mission to Earth's neighbour in 2024.
🔗
New contract with Poland to provide two Airbus S950 Very High Resolution optical Earth 🌎 observation satellites already in use for the
#Pl
éiadesNeo constellation. 🛰️
🔗 Read more:
#NextSpace
🤨A Moon 🌔 observation satellite🛰 ??
#Pl
éiadesNeo is used to keeping its eagle eyes 👀 on Earth 🌍 but here it's 'seeing' out of the box 😉
Hey
@Thom_astro
, at Airbus we like moonshots, what do you think of Pléiades Neo's ?
#NextSpace
✅ Ready for its mission!
The
@esa
#JUICE
spacecraft 🛰 is now good to go 👍 and will leave Airbus's cleanrooms, heading to its launch site & an almost 8-year journey to Jupiter 🚀
Stay tuned and watch this space...
Successful launch of
#Artemis
I! 🚀
With the first Airbus-built
@NASA_Orion
European Service Module 🛰️ onboard, a new era of Moon exploration can begin! 🌕
👉
And to learn more about the potential of the Moon, join us at the
#AirbusSummit
.
A special aircraft landed at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida last weekend: the
@Airbus
#Beluga
.
It delivered the Airbus-built HOTBIRD 13G satellite for
@Eutelsat_SA
.
Learn more:
#ThrowbackThursday
to the shipment of the first European Service Module built by Airbus for
@ESA
&
@NASA_Orion
and now arrived at Kennedy Space Center.
Next steps: connect to the crew module adapter, add the solar panels and mate with the crew module...
Spotted! 👀
Our ground-based telescope 🔭captured
#ESAJuice
🛰️ more than 1.5 million km from Earth 🌎, on its way to Jupiter and its icy moons! ✨
@esa
@ESA_JUICE
@esascience
That’s a wrap for Ariane 5 🚀 following its successful launch with the Airbus-built
#ESAJuice
spacecraft onboard! 🛰️
The first signal has been received and its solar arrays have been deployed.
#JUICE
is now beginning its 8-year epic odyssey to Jupiter and its icy moons –…
The
#Artemis
I adventure has begun, now it's our European Service Module that will take over to power the
@NASA_Orion
spacecraft 🛰️ around the Moon. 🌕
Take a look at
#OrionESM
's journey 👇
The
@ESA_ExoMars
Rover has started the testing phase in Airbus cleanrooms in Toulouse 🇫🇷 with the first series of vibration tests that reproduce a rocket launch and the entry, descent & landing onto planet Mars.