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Recent #ExoMars tests successfully demonstrated landing leg deployment and backshell separation, key milestones on the path to a safe touchdown for the Rosalind Franklin rover on Mars in 2030. 🔴 🔗esa.int/Science_Explor…
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Mercury Transfer Module separation confirmed! 📡 ✅ After nearly eight years in space and billions of kilometres travelled, #BepiColombo's Mercury Transfer Module has successfully separated. Signal acquired via our Cebreros deep-space antenna confirms the spacecraft is healthy
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Sep 3
🔴 LIVE NOW: #BepiColombo's Mercury Transfer Module separation. Follow events live from our Main Control Room. • 14:00: MTM separation • 14:30: Stream pause • 15:30: Stream resumes • 15:53: Earliest signal acquisition & spacecraft check Watch live: youtube.com/live/oC7lQngNG…
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Aug 31
Join us live from our Main Control Room on 3 September as mission controllers oversee #BepiColombo's first critical step towards orbiting Mercury: the separation of its Mercury Transfer Module (MTM). ▶️ Livestream starts at 13:45 CEST youtube.com/live/oC7lQngNG… More info:
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Sep 2
A look back at Sophie Adenot's third spacewalk. Together with @NASA astronaut @Astro_Jessica, Sophie successfully completed US EVA-99, spending 6 hours 49 minutes outside the International Space Station. The duo completed a series of critical tasks in the vacuum of space,
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Sep 1
Some words and good vibes from @Soph_astro on returning inside the @Space_Station after her third spacewalk. Reflecting on the view from her workspace today, "...the Earth was really beautiful. And it makes us feel even more human and wanting to take care of our home planet."
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