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ESA Space Engineering & Technology
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Europe’s new carbon-monitoring mission launches on Vega-C
Published: July 28, 2025 13:00
The MicroCarb mission, led by the French space agency CNES, will monitor carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to help identify the world’s main sources and sinks of this important greenhouse gas. Launched on 25 July on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport…
Four-legged robot’s first encounter with microgravity
Published: July 17, 2025 12:00
For the exploration of planetary bodies with low gravity, such as the Moon or Mars, legged robots have an advantage over traditional rovers. One such robot recently jumped from wall to wall in conditions simulating partial microgravity and free flight at…
Smile passes gruelling set of tests
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Smile/Smile_passes_gruelling_set_of_tests
Published: July 15, 2025 14:01
All its parts have been built and put together. It has been wrapped in shiny gold insulating foil. Its launch is getting closer. But the Smile spacecraft had one major phase to pass before it could be certified ready for space – and it involved testing,…
Testing, testing, testing – Let’s Smile (episode 3)
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/07/Testing_testing_testing_Let_s_Smile_episode_3
Published: July 15, 2025 14:00
Video: 00:07:25 Smile is a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study how Earth responds to the solar wind and solar storms.At the European Space Agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands, engineers have spent the last four…
Europe's first deep-space optical communication link
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Europe_s_first_deep-space_optical_communication_link
Published: July 10, 2025 09:02
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard its Psyche mission, located 265 million kilometres away, using two optical grounds…
From ESA lab to a historic drone race win
Published: July 8, 2025 07:15
An autonomous drone has beaten human drone racing champions in an international competition for the first time. A team of scientists from Delft University of Technology has taken first place at the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi – and the AI taking…
Students take 3D-printed rovers for a spin
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/06/Students_take_3D-printed_rovers_for_a_spin
Published: July 3, 2025 08:00
Image: Students take 3D-printed rovers for a spin
Help ESA redefine the future of space computing
Published: June 30, 2025 09:56
Due to the growing volume of data produced by Earth observation (EO), traditional computing architectures struggle to process information efficiently and promptly. To mitigate this issue, prepare Europe for the future of space computing, and grow from…
R&D Successes Onboard Biomass
Published: June 23, 2025 12:05
For any space mission to launch, thousands of hours must have been spent iterating new technologies to make the spacecraft fly. The Biomass satellite, which today shared its first science data, is no exception. The probe, which carries just a single…
ESA Delivers: 50 years booklet
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_50_Years_booklet
Published: June 20, 2025 07:45
ESA Delivers: 50 years booklet 50 hallmark achievements across 50 years