Real thing. Longer version here: https://t.co/zQbDg4jeKC — ESA (@esa) May 9, 2018

Our @ESA_Tech shaker tables are typically used to test satellites against the take-off vibrations of a rocket launch. But here an 8-tonne cooling system is subjected to a simulated earthquake […]

Riding a rocket to space actually uses up less fuel than a transatlantic passenger flight. Our Soyuz carries ~77t of Kerosene fuel, the rest is Oxygen. The trick is to […]

On #EuropeDay2018 "Europe deserves support from everyone, we in ESA contribute through #UnitedSpaceinEurope" – ESA Director General @janwoerner pic.twitter.com/owmv9qUabj — ESA (@esa) May 9, 2018

The newest @CopernicusEU satellite has delivered its first images of #Earth. The first #Sentinel3 B images include the sunset over #Antarctica, sea ice in the #Arctic, and northern #Europe.Details: https://t.co/gmjs5d8rGx […]

How was the unusual Red Rectangle nebula created? At the nebula’s center is an aging binary star system that surely powers the nebula but does not, as yet, explain its […]

Mark your diaries! #Horizons https://t.co/nsQYXKAdO9 — ESA (@esa) May 8, 2018