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Jun 12
Planetary defence is inherently international: at yesterday’s @UNOOSA Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna, representatives of @ESA, @ASI_Spazio & @JAXA_en discussed their Ramses mission collaboration, set to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis passing Earth on Friday 13 April 2029
ALT UNOOSA side panel on Ramses mission
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Jun 12
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, @JAXA_en, is an important partner with @ESA on Ramses, providing its TIRI infrared surface imager, lightweight solar array wings and its H3 heavy lift vehicle – detailed by Makasi Fujimoto, Director General of JAXA’s science institute ISAS
ALT Infographic showing JAXA contributions to Ramses
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Jun 12
The @UNOOSA Ramses panel, honoured with an introduction by Japanese ambassador Kaifu Atsushi, also included ESA Ramses mission manager Paolo Martino and Italian space agency @ASI_Spazio Director General Teodoro Valente: ASI is contributing one of the mission’s two CubeSats for close-up asteroid study
ALT Participants in the UNOOSA Ramses panel
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Jun 3
Mercury? Getting closer!🛰️🌑☀️
Preparations? Already kickstarted with a months-long simulations campaign!💯💯
Cameras? Rolling to capture every single bit of it!🎥👀
Stay tuned for upcoming BepiColombo news!
#ESOC #BepiColombo #JAXA #Mercury
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Jun 1
🌈 Pride Month is here!
This June, colleagues at @esa ESOC are celebrating the LGBTQIA community.
Inclusive teams power innovation and strengthen our people, our missions and the future of the space sector. 🪐
🏳️🌈See you at the Darmstadt CSD in August alongside vielbunt.org! 🏳️🌈
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ALT A rainbow‑coloured ESA (European Space Agency) flag waves in the wind against a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. Sunlight shines through the semi‑transparent fabric, making the ESA logo and text partially visible across the flowing material.
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Jun 1
Saturday’s sonic boom heard over Boston was due to an airbursting meteor, as confirmed by US weather satellite GOES-19. A European geostationary weather sat performs a comparable skywatch, read more here: esa.int/Space_Safety/Firebal…
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May 18
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2, monitored by ESA's Planetary Defence team, makes a notably close approach to Earth this evening (but with zero chance of impact!)
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May 13
🎶Fireballs and lightning… very, very exciting!
Millions of lightning flashes light up Earth daily. But @eumetsat 's MTG-LI satellite is revealing fireball flashes in the data.
@esa 's graduate trainee Niels Rubbrecht is helping to find these bright needles in the lightning haystack. 🌠
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May 11
📡 Calling Cebreros residents – join Cebreros Open Day in June!
Get up close with @esa ’s 35 m deep space antenna linking Earth to missions like BepiColombo & Juice. 🌌
📆 7 June 2026
📍ESA’s Cebreros Ground Station, Spain
📝 In-person registration at Cebreros Town Hall on 16, 17 & 21 May
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May 8
A new chapter in the ESA—JAXA cooperation on planetary defence. 🌍
The agreement signed this week confirms collaboration on #Ramses, our mission to asteroid Apophis ahead of its rare close flyby in 2029. Space safety is a priority.
🔗 esa.int/Space_Safety/Planeta…
ALT ESA and JAXA deepen collaboration in planetary defence
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Apr 29
Meet Aurora, Swing and Sawa 👋 Space weather can disrupt many modern services on which we depend. While it can't be prevented, with ESA's upcoming space weather sensor missions, Europe will know when to brace for impact.
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Apr 29
More info on ESA's aim to develop a European space weather monitoring fleet: esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_w…
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Apr 24
👩🚀✨ Yesterday, @esa's ESOC opened its doors again for Girls’ Day, welcoming 35 students aged 14–16 for a day dedicated to revealing how maths, science and programming are the foundation for real‑world space missions and careers in STEM. 👩🔬 👩🔧 👩💻 #GirlsDay2026
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Want to know more about women in STEM at ESOC? Check out our recent article on the topic featuring three of ESOC’s Girls’ Day volunteers – esa.int/Enabling_Support/Ope…
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Apr 22
📡☀️ A new station in Poland has begun monitoring the Sun for the early warning signs of disruptive space weather phenomena. The six-metre radio dish, known as ROSIE, will contribute to the protection of key European infrastructure in orbit and on Earth.
esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_w…
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Apr 14
Thirty six percent of the way but doing more than just cruising away! Since @esa 's Juice mission launched #onthisday in 2023, it has already hit incredible milestones!
🌍🌖 A pioneering Lunar–Earth flyby
☀️🟠 A Venus flyby
💫📸 An unprecedented 3I/ATLAS observation campaign
Happy launch-versary @ESA_JUICE ! 🚀🎉
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Deep space antenna 4 is now live! 📡
@ESA’s newest deep space antenna has entered operations at New Norcia, Australia, expanding Estrack’s capacity and powering future missions across the Solar System.
Curious about this next-generation antenna? Read more here 👉 esa.int/Enabling_Support/Ope…
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