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ELEMENT 2 – INVEST OF THE SCALEUP PROGRAMME (“INVEST”) This call aims at boosting commercialisation in the European space sector and supporting the development of scale-up companies on upstream and downstream new and emerging markets to achieve sustained commercial growth. Activities...
Enabling & Support02/05/20231373 views 34 likes Despite the rain trickling down the windows, the atmosphere in this room is bright. Twelve teams are gathered in ESA's ESTEC technology centre to explore how we can use the latest developments in AI...
Dr Dietmar Pilz is ESA’s new Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality (D/TEC), and Head of ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Dr Pilz has over 20 years of professional experience in the European and international aerospace industry, in various engineering...
Dr Dietmar Pilz is ESA’s new Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality (D/TEC), and Head of ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Dr Pilz has over 20 years of professional experience in the European and international aerospace industry, in various engineering...
Space Safety24/04/2023418 views 22 likes What colour is an asteroid? The latest instrument being prepared for ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence will observe its target Dimorphos asteroid in a range of colours far beyond the limits of the human...
The current expansion of ESA’s technical heart, nestled beside North Sea dunes on the Netherlands coast, as seen from the air. The European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, is ESA’s single largest establishment and hub of Europe’s space efforts....
Enabling & Support20/04/20232004 views 64 likes Making use of the very first resources of another world would be a major feat for our species, bringing us closer to living in space to stay. But reaching such a milestone will take...
Enabling & Support17/04/20233088 views 50 likes ESA has signed contracts for two parallel concept studies for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants, representing a crucial step in the Agency’s new SOLARIS initiative – maturing the feasibility of gathering solar energy from...
Juice? No charge

Juice? No charge

Samples of the multi-layer insulation and coatings planned to cover the skin of ESA’s Juice spacecraft were subjected to a beam from the electron gun anchored at the top of this Electrostatic Discharge chamber before being selected for the...
Enabling & Support12/04/2023897 views 30 likes Flying instruments to Jupiter represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Europe’s space scientists. But that translated to a challenge for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, mission: could all the varied instruments aboard, plus antennas and...