🧊 ~140 polar scientists are at @ESA_EO’s ESRIN this week for the #AntarcticaInSync Implementation Workshop! The international community is planning the campaigns, expeditions and science studies for coordinated, circumpolar Antarctic observations. 👇
@AntarcticaInSync @ESA_EO
🙏 A huge thank you to every speaker, delegation and partner who made #GFOISSX2026 a success. Side meetings and bilaterals wrapped up today — stay tuned for more detailed reporting from the week!
How can European research projects join forces to better understand our changing planet? 🌍
A new website from @EUScienceInnov and @esa shows how the Earth System Science Initiative (ESSI) connects projects around shared scientific challenges:
https://t.co/2Xu4QlgrKx
@ESA_EO
📢 Deadline extended! Abstracts for the International Workshop on High-Resolution Thermal EO are now open until 10 Nov 2026.
🛰 9-12 Feb 2027, @ESA_EO ESRIN, Frascati 🇮🇹
Submit here 👉 https://t.co/mzYlmNqGPV
#ThermalEO#EarthObservation
⏳ Deadline alert: 1 November 2026
Submit your abstract for the EO for a Sustainable Blue Economy User Consultation Meeting!
📅 1–5 February 2027
📍 ESA-ESRIN, Frascati
Contributions welcome for:
🗣️ Oral presentations
📊 Posters
🖥️ Demo proposals
👉 https://t.co/ejDHJnjKKo
Join us live on 22 October at 14:00 CEST for a media briefing on the main outcomes of the 350th ESA Council, taking place this week at ESA Headquarters in Paris.
Watch live: https://t.co/E4aFrlSLJm
A look back at the final days of my mission and the journey home! Leaving is never easy, but returning to Earth means carrying home incredible memories, valuable scientific results and profound gratitude for the people who make human spaceflight possible.
🎥 @esa
Retour sur les derniers jours de ma mission et le voyage de retour ! Ce n’était pas facile de partir, mais revenir sur Terre, c’est aussi ramener avec soi des souvenirs inoubliables, de précieux résultats scientifiques et beaucoup de gratitude envers toutes celles et ceux qui rendent les vols habités possibles.
#εpsilon
[🇫🇷 version FR 👇] Back on the ground, back home in Europe, and welcomed by family, friends, colleagues, journalists and so many people here in Cologne. What a way to come home! 🫶 Thank you to everyone who was there, and to all of you who liked and shared my posts throughout the mission. You’ve helped shine a light on human spaceflight and what it can bring to life here on Earth.
It took countless people to make this mission possible and successful. But just as importantly, together we made it a joyful one. Rockets, spacecraft and space stations may be extraordinary pieces of technology, but spaceflight is, above all, a human adventure. And it is so much better when that adventure is filled with kindness, positivity and good vibes!
Many thanks as well to the French Air and Space Force for bringing me to Cologne. My 18 years of service taught me so much and played an important part in the journey that led me to become an astronaut. The moment I stepped aboard the plane, I felt at home, surrounded by family, my aviator brothers and sisters.
And now, first things first: getting my “Earth legs” and “Earth balance” back! 🌍
📸 @esa – S. Corvaja (1, 2 & 4), ESA – B. Bailleul (3 & 5)
De retour sur Terre et de retour chez moi en Europe, accueillie par tant de personnes ici à Cologne. Quel retour ! 🫶 Merci à toutes celles et ceux qui étaient là, mais aussi à vous tous qui avez aimé et partagé mes publications tout au long de la mission. Vous avez contribué à mettre en lumière les vols habités et tout ce qu’ils peuvent apporter à la vie sur Terre.
La réussite de cette mission a été rendue possible par le travail et l’implication d’innombrables personnes. Mais tout aussi important : ensemble, nous en avons fait une aventure joyeuse. Les lanceurs, les capsules et les stations spatiales sont d’incroyables exemples de technologie, mais le vol spatial est avant tout une aventure humaine. Et avec de la bienveillance, de la positivité et des good vibes, l’aventure n’en est que plus belle !
Un grand merci également à l’@Armee_de_lair pour m’avoir ramenée à Cologne. Mes 18 années de service m’ont énormément appris et ont joué un rôle important dans le parcours qui m’a menée jusqu’au métier d’astronaute. Dès que je suis montée à bord de l’avion, je me suis sentie chez moi, entourée de ma famille – mes frères et sœurs aviateurs.
Et maintenant, une priorité : retrouver mes jambes et mon équilibre de Terrienne… 🌍
#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @CNES
After a record-breaking 237-day mission, our very own @Soph_astro has returned safely to Earth🌎
Three spacewalks. A European endurance record. An abundance of science delivered.
Bon retour parmi nous, Sophie! You have made Europe proud.
📣 Journalists are invited to attend our Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in Rome on 15 December, where ESA Member States will discuss Europe’s future in space exploration.
📰 Register by 30 October: https://t.co/sc0Q1vowdu
#IMM26
Rocket revolution: #WorldSpaceWeek kicks off today, with 50,000 events planned around the world.
Find out what the UN’s doing in space:
https://t.co/YMwen8JC3q