The UNOOSA Ramses panel, honoured with an introduction by Japanese ambassador Kaifu Atsushi, also included ESA Ramses mission manager Paolo Martino and Italian space agency ASI Director General Teodoro Valente. ASI is contributing one of the mission’s two CubeSats for close-up asteroid study
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, is an important partner with ESA on Ramses, providing its TIRI infrared surface imager, lightweight solar array wings and its H3 heavy lift vehicle – detailed by Makasi Fujimoto, Director General of JAXA’s science institute ISAS
Planetary defence is inherently international: at yesterday’s UNOOSA Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna, @esa.int, Italian space agency ASI & Japanese agency JAXA discussed their Ramses mission collaboration, meeting asteroid Apophis which passes Earth on Friday 13 April 2029
Mercury? Getting closer! 🛰️🌑☀️
Preparations? Already kickstarted with a months-long simulations campaign! 💯💯
Cameras? Rolling to capture every single bit of it! 🎥👀
Stay tuned for upcoming BepiColombo news!
#ESOC #BepiColombo #JAXA #Mercury
🌈 Pride Month is here!
This June, colleagues at @esa.int’s ESOC are celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community.
Inclusive teams power innovation and strengthen our people, our missions and the future of the space sector. 🪐
🏳️🌈See you at the Darmstadt CSD in August alongside @vielbunt.org! 🏳️🌈
📸ESA
🚀 You – controlling an ESA spacecraft? ⁉️
See for yourself what it’s like to send commands into space from #WhereMissionsComeAlive. Register now for the @esa.int Mission Operations Hands-on Experience!
📆26–30 October 2026
📍ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany
🔗https://indico.esa.int/event/622/
📷ESA
Saturday’s sonic boom heard over Boston was due to an airbursting meteor, as confirmed by US weather satellite GOES-19. A European geostationary weather sat performs a comparable skywatch, read more here: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2, monitored by ESA's Planetary Defence team, makes a notably close approach to Earth this evening (but with zero chance of impact!)
📢 The #POSNAV2026 Call for Papers is now open! 📑
📋Positioning and Navigation for Intelligent Transport Systems conference
📆19–20 November 2026
📍 @esa.int’s #ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany
Don’t miss the opportunity to share your work!
#GNSS #ResilientPNT #SmartMobility
📸 ChatGPT (OpenAI)
