ESA_Envision

Understanding why Earth’s closest neighbour, Venus, is so different. Official account of Envision, ESA’s next Venus orbiter #ESAEnvision

[ESA Science @esascience]

Smile arrived at the launch pad and was lifted into place on top of the fourth stage of Vega-C.

Preparations are underway for the 19 May launch 🚀 
https://t.co/UpVkZRJYhs

[European Space Agency @esa]

Three years since Juice launched on its journey to Jupiter.

Arriving in 2031, it will explore the giant planet and its icy ocean moons, seeking to study them as both planetary objects and possible habitats.

Next up, teams are preparing for the mission's upcoming Earth gravity assist manoeuvre later this year in September.

More info 👇https://t.co/hr1Wa0OSyN

[ESA Science @esascience]

In particular around the planet’s geological history and activity. 

Envision, with its next-generation suite of instruments, is set to pick up the story. 

Discover our Venus exploration story here 👉 https://t.co/0R7bRJ3if4

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[ESA Science @esascience]

20 years ago, on 11 April 2006, Venus Express was making history by entering orbit around Venus.

Europe’s first mission to Venus answered many questions, especially concerning the planet’s atmosphere.

Still, many mysteries remained. 1/2

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

On April 11th, we celebrated the 20 years anniversary of the arrival of Venus Express to Venus🛰️. Launched in 2005 and operating until 2014, Venus Express was European Space Agency’s first mission to Venus.
Its discoveries motivated and shaped the objectives of EnVision:
✨ Understanding Venus’ history, activity, and climate
✨ Revealing why it evolved so differently from Earth
For more Envision news, follow us on LinkedIn and watch our web pages here ⬇️
https://t.co/L3A4lZTeTP

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

Another busy year has passed, and we can safely say Envision is now in its “cruise phase”… 🛰️
From major progress meetings to onboarding key suppliers, achieving the Spacecraft SRR milestone, and kicking-off all Instrument PDRs — 2025 has been a year of real momentum⏱️
A heartfelt thank you to all the scientists, engineers, legal and project management colleagues across ESA, industry and instrument teams. Wishing you all a restful winter break ❄️

Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Holidays from all of us at Envision!

[European Space Agency @esa]

📸 This was our #WeekInImages 01-05 December.

🔗 https://t.co/9jWsLul5gY

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

A mission like @ESA_Envision takes years of planning and a huge amount of teamwork between scientists, engineers, legal and project management officers.
It's a process we want to share with you through a new video series planned from next year onwards, which will follow the development of this exciting Venus mission 🛰️
Did we make you curious?
Here's a teaser of what's to come👇

[ESA Science @esascience]

The #CM25 historic increase of 3.5% per year beyond inflation for Science will enable some of the most imaginative missions in our history and bolster European scientific leadership.

First step: deliver the #CosmicVision missions such as LISA & NewAthena. The next great leap is #Voyage2050

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

Dreams are the raw material of innovation, while work turns them into reality 🔭✨
During ESTEC Open Day event, we asked all children passing by @ESA_Envision booth to draw what they think life on Venus looks like. Today, we integrated this canvas in our office work environment, bringing a daily splash of curiosity and color to our project work 😊!
Thank you to all the young (en)visionaries who shared their dreams with us and see you next year 🛰️

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

Our ESA Open Day 2025 agenda is now online for Sunday 12 October (general admission day) ⬇️ 🔗https://t.co/8pjP7iWiqG

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

The Envision Team is ready to welcome all space enthusiast visitors this Sunday at the ESA Open Day at ESTEC 🛰️🚀🙂!

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The @ESA_Envision team congratulates @JAXA_en and the Akatsuki team for reaching a major mission milestone on 18th of September, with the completion of the Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" mission operations.

🛰️Akatsuki was the first mission dedicated to the Venus atmosphere dynamics, performing Venus cloud tracking by multi wavelength imaging.

📡Major mission discoveries include the discovery of the largest mountain wave (stationary gravity waves) in the Solar System, the mechanisms maintaining the high-speed atmospheric circulation (super-rotation) around Venus with winds speeds above 100 m/s, and the application of data assimilation techniques (popular in Earth's meteorological research) to Venus for the first time.
Interested to know more about the Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” mission? Please go to: https://t.co/T9J7Dab1Q0

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

Check out our new team custom polo shirt and lanyard, just in time for the ESA Open Days 2025!
The core team is based in ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, so if you booked your tickets for 11th or 12th of October, for sure you may see us there 🛰️🚀

[ESA Science @esascience]

Welcome, @ESA_Plato! 🤗

On 1 September, the spacecraft arrived in the #Netherlands by boat from Germany via the Rhine River.

In the coming weeks, engineers will add the sunshield & solar arrays and carry out tests to confirm #Plato is ready for launch 🚀

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

We kicked-off the post summer blues with one of our favorite conferences this week: the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC).

EPSC is the major European meeting on planetary science, which brings together more than 1700 participants from across the world. This year, the conference is held in Helsinki, Finland, and is joint with the American Astronomical Society’s Division on Planetary Science (DPS).

We are thrilled to see Envision and Venus science highlighted at the EPSC-DPS conference opening session! With two full days of talks and posters, we have a large presence, and the community is still growing 🙂🛰️

Stay tuned and go Envision! 🚀

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

Meet the @ESA_Envision VenSpec science team 👋!
Scientists working on our three instruments, VenSpec-H, VenSpec-M & VenSpec-U, have joined forces at the LATMOS site in Guyancourt, France, to maximize their science output. The three instruments form the so-called VenSpec Suite and will tell us how geological processes on the Venus surface shape its atmosphere and climate:
☁️ VenSpec-H will observe the Venus atmosphere below and above the massive cloud deck, at high spectral resolution in the near-Infrared, to detect volcanic gasses.
🌋VenSpec-M will image Venus’ surface in the near-infrared to reveal its rock composition and to detect volcanic hotspots. It will also observe the lower atmosphere and cloud variability.
💨VenSpec-U will image the Venus mesosphere down to the upper cloud in the ultraviolet at high and medium spectral resolution, to monitor the atmosphere sulphur cycle.

@ESA_Envision 🛰️will contribute to a holistic understanding of Venus, thus enhancing our knowledge of rocky planets and conditions for habitability in our solar system and beyond🌍

[ESA_Envision @ESA_Envision]

🎉Happy 50th anniversary, ESA!🎂

For half a century, ESA has been serving Europe, inspiring its citizens and exploring the cosmos 💫

On May 30, 1975, the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) merged to form what we know today as ESA, the European Space Agency, following the signature of ESA Convention by the original ten founding members.

Here’s to the next 50 years of curiosity, European collaboration, and innovation in space industry 🚀🛰️🪐!
#50YearsOfESA

🔗Elevating Europe in space for fifty years https://t.co/v1ZCJlMBNe via @YouTube