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Artist's view of the ICI-5 mission flying through the aurora borealis and deploying daughter payloads

ESA’s Prodex programme brings scientific research to space

22/05/2026 329 views 6 likes

Solar eclipse (artist impression)

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Join ESA for a total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026

21/05/2026 7361 views 37 likes

Wide view of Vega-C liftoff with Smile

Science & Exploration

Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth’s invisible shield…

19/05/2026 8030 views 50 likes

Mars Express visits Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Science & Exploration

Waterworn chaos on Mars

13/05/2026 3627 views 95 likes

Smile lifts off into space (artist impression)

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How to follow the Smile launch live

12/05/2026 10648 views 63 likes

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ESA's science fleet of Solar System explorers

28/05/2024 94338 views 356 likes
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ESA’s science fleet of cosmic observers

28/05/2024 24795 views 162 likes
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Launch: 2015 Europe’s first mission to Mercury

Europe’s first Red Planet orbiter

Deep space comet rendezvous mission

Launched: 1990 ESA contributed solar arrays and Faint Object Camera

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