Successful quarry tests for future Mars rovers! For the first time ever, a rover has successfully demonstrated it could collect samples on another planet all by itself. The 4-wheeled rover, equipped with a robotic arm to retrieve the samples, drove across the quarry and parked with an accuracy of 10 cm. It then located the tube with its arm and cameras, picked it up and stowed it safely on the rover. It did all of this completely autonomously. What sounds simple was a world first test of this capability! #TeamAirbus also conducted a second test with a 6-wheeled rover equipped with enhanced autonomous navigation capability which could improve the performance of the re-scoped ExoMars mission and be useful for a lunar rover needing to travel greater distances. Quarry tests are an important step in the development process. They offer a unique and dynamic landscape that cannot be replicated in the Mars Yard test facility at Airbus in the UK. #SpaceMatters #SpaceExploration #BehindTheScenes
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Groundbreaking achievement in space! European Space Agency - ESA’s metal 3D printer, developed by #TeamAirbus and its partners, has successfully printed its first part onboard the International Space Station. Learn more about this achievement and its implications for future space missions: https://lnkd.in/e2EmtNhX #Innovation #Technology #3Dprinting #ISS AddUp
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The 4️⃣th #BepiColombo flyby of Mercury happened last night! 🛰️ This was the closest it has ever been before, putting BepiColombo at just 165km from Mercury's surface, with a trajectory passing for the first time through the planet’s poles. 🌐 This flyby will also help us better understand Mercury, a planet with a 4.5 billion year history! #SpaceMatters #SpaceExploration #Mercury
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#Sentinel2C climate satellite built by Airbus for the EU Copernicus programme successfully launched! Launched from Kourou, French Guiana on the final #Vega rocket #VV24, the satellite is now orbited and ready to be a guardian of the blue planet! 🌍 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e4RXjkyU
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✅ The European Service Module (ESM-3) has arrived in Port Canaveral aboard Canopée 🚢 after a 11-day journey across the Atlantic ocean. 🔜 Let the testing begin! ESM-3 will be starting its extensive test campaign at the Kennedy Space Center to make sure #Artemis III is ready to take astronauts to the Moon in 2026. #SpaceMatters #ForwardToTheMoon #SpaceIndustry European Space Agency - ESA
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What you should know about Sentinel-2 climate satellites! As we gear up for the launch of Sentinel-2C, the newest addition to Sentinel-2 family, let’s discover why Sentinel-2 satellites and European climate monitoring programme #Copernicus are key to observing and understanding our planet. Check out facts to learn more about this incredible mission. Want to dive deeper? Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eN9HQKkD #Sentinel2 #SpaceMatters #EarthObservation #Satellites European Space Agency - ESA
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Re-watch the highlights of aerial deployment exercise #PacificSkies24: spanning the entire Indo-Pacific, the German, French, and Spanish Air Forces took part in various missions to strengthen cooperation and demonstrate Europe's commitment to the region. Whether they trained low-level flights, gravity extractions, or night operations, Airbus military aircraft and the Airbus services' teams played key roles throughout. You can read up on the various exercises on our website: https://lnkd.in/e9TjvDUg #Defence #DefenceMatters
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New data acquired from #EarthCARE instrument 🛰️ The European Space Agency - ESA EarthCARE satellite - launched in May - carries four instruments that together shed new light on the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth’s climate. The Airbus-built atmospheric lidar (ATLID), which provides vertical profiles of aerosols and thin clouds, has just sent its first measurements from orbit! ⬇️ Learn more: 🔗https://lnkd.in/dgVd7gkf #SpaceMatters #Climate #EarthObservation #Satellite
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Meanwhile, preps for launch are ongoing in Kourou at the European Space Port for Sentinel 2C Earth observation 🛰️. 📆 launch on 4 September 03:50 CEST 🚀 Vega rocket by ARIANESPACE 🌍 for the Copernicus programme with European Space Agency - ESA Data collected by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites is being used to monitor land use and change, soil sealing, land management, agriculture, forestry, natural disasters (floods, forest fires, landslides, volcanic eruptions and erosion) and to support humanitarian aid missions. Environmental monitoring, which provides information on the pollution of lakes and coastal waters, is also part of these activities, as is the monitoring of glaciers, ice and snow. #SpaceMatters #EarthObservation #Satellite #Copernicus
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📸 Spotted from space 🛰️ Our Pléiades Neo satellite captured the ship Canopée 🚢 that will be carrying the third European Service Module to its launch site, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for further testing and mating with the crew module. European Space Agency - ESA #PleiadesNeo #NASA #Artemis #ForwardToTheMoon
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