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The #Sentinel3 satellite was rolled out to the launch pad and hoisted into the launch tower over the weekend. Liftoff is set for 25 April at 17:57 GMT (19:57 CEST)Details: […]

Introducing the epic adventures of @BepiColombo! Meet our new space explorers as they begin their journey to #Mercury …via Amsterdam @Schiphol airport and Europe’s spaceport in Kourou! https://t.co/Z1TAP6BiCH — ESA […]

#DYK that each one of the two #Sentinel3 satellites is designed for a life of at least seven years? But just in case, they have enough fuel to provide up […]

Ion beam on! @esascience #IOTW Supercomputer simulations show how plasma flows around the #BepiColombo spacecraft when @ESA_MTM fires its ion thrusters.Read more: https://t.co/pWpsHQP4nr pic.twitter.com/yJMtG2byjR — ESA (@esa) April 23, 2018

ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week: This pretty, cloud-like object may not look much like a galaxy, but it is in fact Credit: @ESA Hubble / @NASA A. Fillipenko https://t.co/F8W98A2iNQ pic.twitter.com/0je7XIjw3P […]

What does a year of spaceflight training in Russia look like? … Check out these photos shared by @astro_luca https://t.co/aFmqsBYveT — ESA (@esa) April 23, 2018

The Blue Horsehead Nebula looks quite different in infrared light. In visible light, the reflecting dust of the nebula appears blue and shaped like a horse’s head. In infrared light, […]