Copernical Team
NASA returns moon rocket to pad, eyeing April 1 launch
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Smile mission set for April 9 launch to image Earth's magnetic field in X-rays
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Earth from Space: Jostedalsbreen, Norway
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Ahead of the World Day for Glaciers, Copernicus Sentinel-2 captures the diverse landscape of western Norway with its jagged fjords, fertile valleys, mountain plateaus and Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in continental Europe. T-20 days: Smile to launch on 9 April
The Smile mission is set to launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Thursday 9 April at 08:29 CEST/07:29 BST/03:29 local time. Follow along as we communicate on the final preparations for launch. Journalists are invited to join online media briefings in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.
NASA's Artemis missions promise a return to the moon—but when?
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'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
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The moon's going to get crowded. We should protect our heritage on it while we still can
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Upcoming ESA–Industry events on CM25 implementation
The European Space Agency, ESA, invites the industrial community to a series of events at which ESA directorates will present the follow-up to the Council Meeting at Ministerial Level 2025, CM25, held in November 2025 in Bremen, Germany.
These events will inform industry about planned activities, key thematic priorities, and industrial opportunities across ESA programmes, while also providing a platform for direct exchange on implementation.
Proba-3’s Coronagraph is alive!
A month after an anomaly onboard the Proba-3 mission caused ground control to lose contact with the Coronagraph spacecraft, the mission team shares great news: the spacecraft has phoned home, re-establishing the lost connection.
345th ESA Council: Media information session
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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun outline the key decisions and main outcomes of the Council meeting held in Interlaken, Switzerland, on 18 and 19 March 2026.