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The Gaia spacecraft: The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia science satellite, shown here in an artist's impression, will be put into final hibernation with a final command on March 27, 2025. By this time, the satellite will have collected over ten years of scientific data. By 2030, Gaia's data will be used to create the largest existing star catalog to date. It is expected to cover nearly two billion celestial bodies—roughly one percent of our galaxy.

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ESA satellite Gaia reaches its final mission

R-Mode transmitters in Germany

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R-Mode: Satellite-independent navigation on the Baltic Sea

Launch of a CanSat rocket from Rotenburg (Wümme) airfield

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CanSat competition announces winners

CSO-3 satellite in Airbus' clean room

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Airbus launches CSO-3 satellite with Ariane 6

CanSat competition: Mini satellites (CanSats) of the competing teams with model rockets

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CanSat competition: School teams show self-built mini satellites

ESA's biomass satellite is packaged ready for shipment

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ESA’s Airbus Biomass satellite travels to Kourou

Airbus SpainSat NG-I satellite

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Airbus launches new communications satellite SpainSat NG

Hera spacecraft in front of the binary asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos: The Hera spacecraft will study the binary asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos in 2026 for six months to determine exactly how the orbital periods and shapes of the asteroids have changed since the impact of NASA's DART probe in 2022. Hera is equipped with twelve measuring instruments for this purpose. The most important are the two Asteroid Framing Cameras – two redundant, monochromatic cameras – which are used to determine the spacecraft's position in the asteroid system. They are essential for the probe's navigation. Hera also carries two CubeSats, Juventas and Milani, each the size of a shoebox. They will move closer to Dimorphos and, in the final phase of the mission, even land on it to measure its surface, internal structure, and gravity.

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Mission Hera: Europe prepares for asteroid defense

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From left: Alfred Hudler, Managing Director of the Spanish Riding School and the Lipizzaner Stud Piber; Austrian Airlines COO Francesco Sciortino; rider Christian Bachinger; the 12-year-old Lipizzaner stallion with the official name Favory Wera; rider Theresa Stefan; purser Gabriele Binder and captain Walter Aldrian.

Spanish Riding School is the namesake of Austrian Airlines Dreamliner