2K views · 242 reactions | One of last year’s space highlights was the NASA #DART mission’s collision with Dimorphos (right), the small moon of the binary asteroid Didymos (left). 2023 will see ESA's follow-up #HeraMission come together for spacecraft-scale testing at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, ahead of launch next year  https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/01/Hera_s_time_of_trial | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

2.6K views · 84 reactions | #HowWeMakeASpaceMission: Where does a space agency get its ideas from? ESA’s first contact with promising new concepts come through its Discovery & Preparation programme. It performs detailed studies of innovative missions, new approaches and technologies – novel ways of exploring space… #Space19plus | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

Get the latest on the ESA astronaut selection - watch our programme ‘Hiring astronauts’, exclusively on ESA Web TV – daily at 12:15 BST/13:15 CEST on https://esawebtv.esa.int | ESA - European Space Agency

8.3K views · 978 reactions |  For the first time since 2011, ESA has two astronauts living and working together on the International Space Station. Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer chat about this rare moment for Europe in space  https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2022/05/Mission_Minerva_meets_Cosmic_Kiss_Two_astronauts_in_orbit | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook