2K views · 242 reactions | One of last year’s space highlights was the NASA #DART mission’s collision with Dimorphos (right), the small moon of the binary asteroid Didymos (left). 2023 will see ESA's follow-up #HeraMission come together for spacecraft-scale testing at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, ahead of launch next year  https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/01/Hera_s_time_of_trial | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

2.6K views · 84 reactions | #HowWeMakeASpaceMission: Where does a space agency get its ideas from? ESA’s first contact with promising new concepts come through its Discovery & Preparation programme. It performs detailed studies of innovative missions, new approaches and technologies – novel ways of exploring space… #Space19plus | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

We’re going back to the Moon 🌕 Artemis II will be the first crewed mission of the Artemis programme, carrying four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and back to Earth for the first time in over half a century. At the heart of this historic mission is our European Service Module, which provides the Orion spacecraft and its crew with life support, power and propulsion, enabling safe human travel beyond Earth orbit. Launch: no later than April 2026 (first launch window 6th February 2026) Dur

8.3K views · 978 reactions |  For the first time since 2011, ESA has two astronauts living and working together on the International Space Station. Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer chat about this rare moment for Europe in space  https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2022/05/Mission_Minerva_meets_Cosmic_Kiss_Two_astronauts_in_orbit | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

How to astronauts get haircuts in space? ✂️ Watch our astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti getting a quick trim aboard the International Space Station. The preferred tool: hair scissors and a vacuum device which captures the hair clippings and prevents them from floating away! 📹 @europeanspaceagecny 📸 ESA/NASA | ESA - European Space Agency