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Solar Orbiter publishes a wealth of science results from its cruise phase

For a mission yet to have entered its main science phase, Solar Orbiter has already generated a lot of great science. Today sees the publication of a wealth of results from the mission’s cruise phase.

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Double drop test success for ExoMars parachutes

The largest parachute set to fly on Mars has completed its first successful high-altitude drop test, a critical milestone for ensuring the ExoMars mission is on track for launch in 2022. Both the first and second stage parachutes have now successfully flown this year.

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ESA Highlights: images and achievements from 2021

ESA Highlights: images and achievements from 2021

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Explore the Red Planet with ESA and PLAYMOBIL

We’re already exploring Mars, with two spacecraft in orbit and an ambitious rover mission planned for launch next year – but now you can join in these martian adventures with your own PLAYMOBIL Mars Expedition!

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Out now: the December quarterly ESA Impact

ESA Impact 2021 Q4 edition

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Week in images: 6 - 10 December 2021

Week in images: 6 - 10 December 2021

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Science with Webb: the nearby cosmos

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The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is designed to answer fundamental questions about the Universe.

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Astronaut applicants thanked as ESA contacts all candidates

Applicants to ESA’s astronaut selection are being thanked for their patience as thousands of acceptance or rejection notifications are distributed to candidates across Europe.

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Earth from Space: Fairbanks, Alaska

The city of Fairbanks, the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and its surroundings, are featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.

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Webb moved to meet Ariane 5

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The James Webb Space Telescope was transferred to the final assembly building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 7 December 2021, to meet its Ariane 5 launch vehicle.

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Europe opens up a new space to commercial services

ESA is calling on industry to come forward with ideas for crew and cargo transportation, operations, payloads, research, living quarters and even astronaut training. All of this could develop into new services in an effort to enlarge the space ecosystem to the commercial sphere.

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Blood disc for astronaut diagnosis

Image: Blood disc for astronaut diagnosis

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Ariane 5 moved to meet Webb

The Ariane 5 launch vehicle which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope was moved to the final assembly building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 29 November 2021.

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Mirror, mirror, on the Moon

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Mirror, mirror, on the Moon, how far away are you? 

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Comet Leonard soon visible to naked eye?

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Hack an ESA spacecraft

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JWST – A New View of the Universe

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The world’s next generation cosmic observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is due for launch on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in late December.

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Airbus will build ESA’s Ariel exoplanet satellite

ESA and Airbus have signed a contract to move forward with the design and construction of the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, Ariel, planned for launch in 2029.

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Webb fuelled for launch

Image: Webb fuelled for launch

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Two new satellites mark further enlargement of Galileo

Europe’s largest satellite constellation has grown even bigger, following the launch of two more Galileo navigation satellites by Soyuz launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 December. Galileo satellites 27-28 add to an existing 26-satellite constellation in orbit, providing the world’s most precise satnav positioning to more than 2.3 billion users around the globe.

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Week in images: 29 November - 3 December 2021

Week in images: 29 November - 3 December 2021

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