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@esa

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🚀 The first #Ariane6 launch campaign begins👍

Start of the first Ariane 6 launch campaign

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European Space Agency

@esa

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📷 Check out our #WeekInImages 29 April - 03 May 2024 👉

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European Space Agency

@esa

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Have we spotted the Millennium Falcon from space?? Not quite but we did spot Japan's newest island growing! 🌋 The image taken by Copernicus EU #Sentinel2 in November 2023 showed how the island had grown, due to activity of the underwater volcano. 📸

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We can feel a disturbance in the force... Happy #StarWarsDay ! #MayThe4thBeWithYou @starwars @spacerockslive

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ESA Earth Observation

@ESA_EO

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With the climate crisis tightening its grip, @esa ’s #EarthCARE will shed new light on the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth’s atmosphere. We caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission:

Meet the team behind EarthCARE

As we approach the launch of ESA’s EarthCARE mission, we caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission.With the climate cri...

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ESA Space Transport

@ESA_transport

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🚀 #Ariane6 stands tall ahead of its first launch this summer. Last week's operations at @EuropeSpacePort saw the solid-fuel boosters connected to and supporting the rocket's now upright central core. #TheOnlyWayIsUp ⬆️

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ESA Earth Observation

@ESA_EO

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Household duties for the #EarthCARE team in California! The team has been busy prepping @esa 's next Earth Explorer satellite for launch - one of the activity includes carefully cleaning the spacecraft 🧹🛰️ In order to properly assess the cleanliness, the lights in the…

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European Space Agency

@esa

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Is 'fluffy' how you'd describe the Sun? Check this out 👇

ESA Science

@esascience

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How would you describe the Sun? 🔥A giant ball of gas, burning millions of miles away 🦁Or… FLUFFY? @ESASolarOrbiter shows us 👇 the Sun’s corona as you’ve never seen it before! 🎥ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team

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Adenot Sophie

@Soph_astro

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_-_Diary of an #ESA #astronaut candidate_-_ [Basic training - week 49] ✅… between our final exam (wk48) and the graduation ceremony (wk50), we had an experience I had not yet found the time to share… so here is it! 🤩 2 parabolic flights with the whole ASCANs teams +…

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ESA Earth Observation

@ESA_EO

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The scientific evidence of global climate change is irrefutable. The consequences of a warming climate are far-reaching – affecting fresh water resources, global food production, sea level and triggering an increase in extreme-weather events. In order to tackle climate change,…

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Paxi

@Paxi_ESAKids

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🚀 Hey all you cosmic creators! ✨ It's that time again - welcome to the May edition of the #SpaceGalleryCompetition ! 🌌 This month, we're diving into the fascinating world of "Robots in Space" 🤖🛰️ 🦾 Whether you're imagining futuristic rovers on distant planets or robotic…

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ESA Science

@esascience

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☀️🌬️🌍 The @ESA_Smile mission will improve our understanding of how Earth responds to space weather and solar storms. The protective magnetic bubble that surrounds Earth is invisible to our eyes, but with its UV and X-ray cameras, #ESASmile will reveal how it works. Find out…

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European Space Agency

@esa

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🆕 This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope shows globular cluster NGC 6440, an object first discovered by William Herschel in May 1786!

Star-studded cluster

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Orion Spacecraft

@NASA_Orion

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Round one of vacuum testing done and one step closer to flying crew around the Moon✅ At @NASAKennedy , teams completed electromagnetic testing on the #Artemis II Orion, now in the Final Assembly and Test cell preparing for round two of vacuum tests. More:

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Human Spaceflight

@esaspaceflight

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Going up to look down ⬆️⬇️ A key area of the research that @Astro_Andreas conducted on his #Huginn mission was the changing climate of Earth 🌍 Andreas studied reflected sunlight ☀️, powerful lightning phenomena⚡, clean water 💧 to help researchers understand the little blue…

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ESA Space Transport

@ESA_transport

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🚀 #Ariane6 has wings. The first Ariane 6 rocket to take flight is being pieced together at @EuropeSpacePort in Kourou, French Guiana. Its two boosters have now been connected to and are supporting the rocket's central core. One step closer to launch.

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NASA's Gateway Program

@NASA_Gateway

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From concept to creation! Gateway's Lunar I-Hab is taking shape ahead of Artemis IV. During the mission @NASA_Orion will deliver the habitation module provided by @esa to Gateway and #Artemis astronauts will enter the space station for the first time.

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ESA Webb Telescope

@ESA_Webb

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🆕 Webb has mapped weather on an exoplanet! The nightside of hot gas-giant WASP-43b is likely to be covered with clouds made of mineral grains, while strong winds mix atmospheric gases around the planet. Read more: Artist's impression: @NASA & @ESA

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ESA Science

@esascience

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ESA ensures a ride into space for its @ESA_Smile mission, with @Arianespace signing up to launch the spacecraft on a Vega-C rocket 🚀 Find out more 👉

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