ESA space history
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The
#ESAarchives
are joining the Society of American Archivists’
#AskAnArchvistday
with a European special! Take a look behind the scenes at our team’s day-to-day work and find out how research in the Archives is informing global concerns like climate change and space debris 🌍🛰️
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A belated
#HappyBirthday
🎂to
#ESA
astronaut Roberto Vittori 🇮🇹 (15 October)! Veteran of 3 missions to
@Space_Station
: 2002
#MarcoPolo
, 2005
#Eneide
and 2011
#DAMA
@esaspaceflight
@ESA_Italia
@ASI_spazio
@NASAhistory
@ASE_Astronauts
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ESA space history Retweeted
At
#IAC2024
@esa
’s head of flight programmes Stefano Bianchi and
@Avio_Group
's head of engineering Ettore Scardecchia presented lessons learnt from a decade of launching the Vega rocket. 🧵
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#OTD
15 October 1997, the international NASA/ESA/ASI
#Cassini
/
#Huygens
mission to the
#Saturn
system🪐was launched from
@NASAKennedy
🔗
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#OTD
13 October 2017, launch of the
#Sentinel5P
atmospheric monitoring satellite 🛰️ carrying the Dutch TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument
#Tropomi
@ESA_EO
@ESA_nl
@NLSpaceOffice
@tropomi
@KNMI
@CopernicusEU
🔗
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#OTD
1⃣5⃣ years ago: 11 October 2009,
#ESA
astronaut Frank de Winne 🇧🇪 became the first European commander of
@Space_Station
during Expedition 21/Mission
#OasISS
@esaspaceflight
@ESA_BE
@NASAhistory
@ASE_Astronauts
🔗?
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#HappyBirthday
🎂to the first Italian citizen in space, Dr. Franco Malerba 🇮🇹 (10 October)! Franco was one of
#ESA
's original astronaut selection and flew on STS-46
#Atlantis
in 1992
@esaspaceflight
@ESA_Italia
@ASE_Astronauts
🔗
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#OTD
8 October 2023 at 22:36 local time, launch of
#Vega
VV23 from
@EuropeSpacePort
with 12 satellites on board. The main passengers were the Earth observing THEOS-2 satellite and the meteorological satellite Triton
@ESA_transport
@CNES
@Arianespace
🔗
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#OTD
10 years ago, 7 October 2014,
@Astro_Alex
made his first spacewalk.
I uploaded (downloaded to
#Earth
) the last images from
#EVA27
#spacewalk
. See them on
@Flickr
http://t.co/hPXUtc5S4f
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Just over a week ago, we marked one year since
@Astro_Andreas
became the
@Space_Station
's commander on 23 September 2023, going on be the longest-serving European commander to date. 👏
Yesterday I became the commander of the International Space Station. It is an honour and a privilege to take over this important role. The former commander Sergey handed over a tidy, organized, and efficiently working Space Station to me and the crew of Expedition 70. I hope to
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#OTD
6 October 1990, the joint
#ESA
/
#NASA
#Ulysses
mission was launched on STS-41
#Discovery
from
@NASAKennedy
Ulysses was the first mission to study the environment above and below the poles of the Sun☀️
@esascience
@ESASolarOrbiter
@NASAhistory
🔗
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#HappyBirthday
🎂 to
#ESA
's
@astro_andre
Kuipers 🇳🇱 (5 October)! Veteran of 2 missions to
@Space_station
: 2004
#Delta
& 2011/12
#PromISSe
Celebrating at
@ASE_Astronauts
this week!
#ASE35
@ESA_nl
@esaspaceflight
@NLSpaceOffice
@Spaceexpo
@NASAhistory
🔗
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ESA space history Retweeted
#ASE35
Day 4: For the first time ever at a Planetary Congress, ASE members aboard the
@Space_Station
called in live via a downlink! Michael Barratt and
@astro_Pettit
joyfully greeted everyone (including moderator
@Astro_Payette
) before giving everyone a virtual tour of the ISS!
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#OTD
4 October 2021,
#ESA
's
@Thom_astro
Pesquet 🇫🇷 became the 1st French & 4th European Commander of
@Space_Station
when he took over from
@JAXA_en
astronaut
@Aki_Hoshide
during Expedition 65 / Mission
#Alpha
@esaspaceflight
@ESA_fr
@NASAhistory
🔗
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😍
This week the Canadian Human Space Flight Program turns 40! Our "Space Eh!" playlist is perfect to get you in the mood to learn more about the human space missions our astronauts have participated in. Check it out:
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#OTD
3 October 2018,
#ESA
's
@Astro_Alex
Gerst 🇩🇪 became Commander of the
@Space_Station
during his
#Horizons
mission on Expedition 57, the 1st German and 2nd European to do so
@esaspaceflight
@ESA_de
@NASAhistory
Watch a video of the change of command 👇
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ESA space history Retweeted
#ASE35
Day 3: ASE International Executive Committee members
@Astro_Payette
, Richard Hieb, and
@ReinholdEwald
had their handprints unveiled as the newest additions to the Walk of Space in
@NoordwijkZH
!
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#OTD
3⃣0⃣ years ago: 3 October 1994,
#ESA
astronaut Ulf Merbold 🇩🇪 was launched on his
#EuroMir94
mission
#ASE35
@ESA_de
@esaspaceflight
@DLR_en
@ASE_Astronauts
Video of the mission highlights 👇
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