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From 13 to 17 April, ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation in Frascati, ESRIN, hosted the 2026 edition of ESA School Days, welcoming students from across Italy for a week dedicated to space and science.

Throughout the week, participants took part in presentations, interactive laboratories and hands-on activities, exploring how ESA studies our planet and the wider Universe. Activities included: sessions dedicated to European launchers, Ariane 6 and Vega C, as well as the future reusable vehicle Space Rider, model rocket launch demonstrations, as well as meteorite and asteroid workshops and guided visits to the Earth Observation Multimedia Centre.

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Thirty years of being everyone's emergency contact taught me something the research on caregiving is only beginning to name: the role itself quietly dismantles the very reciprocity you'd need to survive your own disaster.

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Erich Hernandez-Baquero is currently vice president for space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at Raytheon