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🚀 SCAMPI has launched! 🦐

Would you like to learn more about the launch of the SCAMPI payload and the journey that led to this milestone?

Read the article to discover the launch campaign, the activities at Kennedy Space Centre, and the successful lift-off of the student-built experiment to the International Space Station.

🔗 https://t.co/HSo0Shc6z6

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✨ @esa is joining forces with the Portuguese Space Agency to support the next generation of European space professionals.

🚀 Through a bilateral agreement with the Portuguese Space Agency, ESA is providing financial support to the EuRoC rocketry challenge, building on the technical expertise it has contributed in previous editions.

🎓 During the seventh edition of EuRoC, from 15 to 21 October, around 600 students from 25 teams will gather in Portugal to launch their own rockets to altitudes of up to 9 km, putting their technical knowledge, creativity and teamwork into practice.

🌍 The partnership marks the first step under ESA’s New University Initiative. Approved at ESA’s last Council at ministerial level and now being further developed, the initiative aims to bring academia and the space sector closer together, encouraging a continuous exchange of knowledge, skills and experience between European academic programmes and professional practice.

🔗 https://t.co/uT3CtXGcVY

📸: Portuguese Space Agency

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Join the "Art competition for schools" and celebrate Gaia's upcoming new map of our galaxy! @ESA__Education Full details here: https://t.co/Zus97Z6eTi

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The countdown to launch has begun! 🚀 🦐

The student team of SCAMPI experiments has arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, marking the start of the final activities before their experiment's journey to the International Space Station.

Developed through the ESA Academy Experiments Programme, SCAMPI is a student-led mission designed to investigate how a sealed aquatic ecosystem responds to the space environment. Over the coming days, the team will carry out final preparations, refurbish their payload and assist at the integration activities ahead of launch.

After years of design, development and testing, the project has reached one of its most important milestones.

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📡 What happens when a spacecraft stops communicating as expected? 🛰

🎓 Join the ESA Academy Spacecraft Communications Training Course and explore how engineers communicate with spacecraft during real missions.

🗓️ 1–5 February 2027
📍 ESA ESEC, Belgium

Through lectures, real operational cases and hands-on exercises, you will:

🔹 explore how spacecraft communication systems work, both on board and on the ground
🔹 design a communication system for a specific mission
🔹 simulate spacecraft operations and communications
🔹 tackle anomalies inspired by real-life situations and investigate what went wrong – and what can be done
🔹 discover activities at ESA ESEC, including Galileo and PROBA spacecraft operations

🚀 Ready to explore the communications behind space missions? Find out more and apply here:
🔗 https://t.co/23jYfuTyNm

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🚀 Looking for teammates for your next space project? Join Team Up!

🎓 Team Up! is a new community on the ESA Learn platform where students interested in ESA Academy projects can connect, join a team or meet students with specific skills and interests. 🛰️

🤝 Connect, build your team and get ready to turn your project idea into reality!

Find out more:
🔗 https://t.co/vghB6GPZOH

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🚀 3… 2… 1… creativity takes off! 🎨

🛸 It’s Paxi here! 👽 Have you ever watched a rocket launch? I always wonder about the exciting adventure ahead. Where is it going? What is it carrying? And how does it reach space? 💫

If rockets make you curious too, I have some exciting news for you… 🥁 Drum roll, please! 🥁

🚀 Rockets are the theme of this month’s Cosmic Art Contest, and I can’t wait to see what you create! 🤩

✍️ Will you draw a rocket racing through space? Build your own model? Or invent a rocket unlike anything we’ve ever seen? 🤔

Let your imagination take you to space! ✨

👉 https://t.co/1v1oX3DOfs

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📣 Calling universities with space-related Master’s programmes 💫

The ESA Academy Academic Scholarship Programme has been relaunched, and its Call for Proposals is now open!

🎓The programme supports access to space-related higher education by supporting students’ tuition fees, while promoting international mobility and equal opportunities.

🌍 Eligible higher education institutions established in ESA Member States, Associate Members and Canada can apply with eligible Master’s programmes and request between one and ten scholarships.

How does it work?

🚀 Institutions apply through the Call for Proposals on esa-star.
🚀 Selected institutions run their student selection process and submit a shortlist to ESA.
🚀 ESA performs the final selection of scholarship beneficiaries.
🚀 Scholarships may cover part or all of the tuition fees.
Find out more about the programme:
🔗  https://t.co/r5sEdc0QcT

Access the Call for Proposals on esa-star:
🔗 https://t.co/OHedio66qN

Help us spread the word and support the next generation of space professionals ✨

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🚀 Could you turn space technology into a business idea?

Applications are now open for the ESA Academy Space Technology and Commercialisation Workshop! 🎓

From 18 to 22 January 2027, university students will explore how space technologies can inspire innovative products, services and business opportunities. 🛰️

💡 Work with real ESA patents
🤝 Develop an innovative application in a team
📈 Build a business model
🎤 Pitch your concept like an entrepreneur

Ready to turn space technology into your next big idea?

Find out more:
🔗
https://t.co/APwUWQ7NLt

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🚀 The deadline has been extended to 27 September 2026 ⌛

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🛰️ Want to learn how space missions stay reliable from launch to operations? 🚀

Apply now for ESA's Mission Success through Product Assurance Training Course 2026, taking place 16–20 November 2026 at ESA ESEC-Galaxia in Belgium.

🤝 Meet like-minded peers, collaborate on hands-on group projects, and learn together from ESA experts while discovering how Product Assurance helps keep space missions safe, reliable, and successful.

🚨 Applications are open until 20 September 2026.

👉 Apply now: https://t.co/E9XyFwy1kN

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Are your students ready to design a habitat for space exploration? 🏠✨

🌙 Moon Camp 2026–2027 is now open! 🚀

✂️ From craft materials to digital design tools, games, robotics and scientific experiments, students can use the design method of their choice to imagine life beyond Earth. 💻

🪐 Explore what it takes to sustain life in space and discover exciting destinations across our Solar System.

👨‍🚀 An expert of living in space is this year's Moon Camp ambassador: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet!

🌝 Register today and start your Moon Camp journey! 👇

🔗 https://t.co/9PrODVFWJz

📸: ESA/Foster + Partners

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🛰️ Ever wondered what it takes to build a satellite? 🪛

👩‍🏫 Give your students the opportunity to find out with CanSat 2026-2027!

🥫 Secondary school teams aged 14 to 19 will design, build and launch a satellite the size of a soft drink can, experiencing every stage of a real space mission, from mission design and testing to launch, operations and data analysis. 🪂

🌍 National competitions take place across Europe and Canada, with Latvia and Switzerland joining this year.

Find out more here 👇

🔗 https://t.co/JU4hHoqVvq

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🚀 What if your students could write code that runs on the International Space Station?

💫 The 2026–2027 European Astro Pi Challenge is now open!

💻 Through Astro Pi, students can develop coding skills while carrying out real space science. Their computer programs can run on Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station. 🛰️

Choose your challenge:

🖼️ Design your own pixel art with Mission Zero
🗺️ Conduct a scientific experiment with Mission Space Lab

👨‍🚀 And guess what? ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is this year's Astro Pi ambassador! 🤩

Find out more here 👇

🔗 https://t.co/xUnIQZrRnv

📸:  ESA & Raspberry Pi Foundation

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🏃‍♀️ What does it take to train like an astronaut? ✨

🤸 Launch your students on a space-inspired adventure with Mission X 2026–2027, combining fitness, science, health, and nutrition through hands-on activities inspired by real astronaut training and designed to bring STEM learning to life. 🧘‍♀️

👨‍🚀 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is the Mission X 2026–2027 ambassador!

Register today and start your students' training adventure. 🙌

🔗 https://t.co/PyknkDryUM

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👩‍🏫 Teachers, ready to turn your students into real climate detectives? 🕵️‍♀️🌍

🔎 Help your class uncover the secrets of our planet and tackle real environmental challenges using actual Earth observation data! 🗺️ 🛰️

Join the Climate Detectives 2026–2027 school-level project and inspire your students to make a difference to our future. 🌱✨

👉 Find out more: https://t.co/l7hmnbC6vp

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🚀✨ It’s back-to-school time! ✨🚀

👩‍🏫💫 With five exciting projects, your students can tackle real-world challenges, build new skills and let their imaginations soar:

🕵️‍♀️ Climate Detectives: explore Earth science and investigate climate issues in your local environment 🌍

👩‍🚀 Mission X: train like an astronaut and explore the science of staying fit and healthy 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

🥫 CanSat: design, build and launch a soda-can-sized satellite 🪂

👩‍💻 Astro Pi: write code that runs on board the International Space Station 🛰️

🌙 Moon Camp: imagine and design future habitats beyond Earth 🧱

But there’s more: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the ambassador for Mission X, Astro Pi and Moon Camp! 👨‍🚀

From coding and engineering to climate science and space exploration, these projects bring science, creativity and innovation to life in the classroom and beyond. 📚🌟

Ready to get started? Discover the projects and find out how you can take part:

🔗 https://t.co/yURFxnPG4Y

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🚀 Who decides what Europe’s future in space looks like?

Applications are now open for the first edition of the Space Policy in Action training course! 🎓

✨ Open to university students from any academic background, the course will take you through more than 50 years of European cooperation and space policy, from the foundations that built today's space sector to the challenges that will shape its future.

🛰️ Step into the world of space policy through interactive lectures, case studies and a simulated ministerial negotiation, gaining practical insight into the decisions, governance and international cooperation that shape Europe's space sector. ⚖️

🗓️ 7–11 December 2026
📍 ESA ESEC, Belgium

Ready to explore the past, present and future of Europe's role in space? Find out more and apply:

🔗 https://t.co/tvXDSq2oda

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🚀 Shake, rattle, test!

The GraviTE student team recently travelled to ESA Education's CubeSat Support Facility in Belgium to put their bioreactor through vibration testing. 🧪🩸

From preparing the hardware to analysing the results, the campaign gave students hands-on experience with the challenges of developing space-related technology. 🔬

Read more about their journey:
https://t.co/GyaT6dWcpW

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🚀👨‍🚀 Final call: Mission X is almost over!

Have your students trained like astronauts yet? 👨‍🚀 From exciting fitness challenges to hands-on science activities, Mission X gives young explorers the chance to discover how astronauts stay healthy and prepare for life in space.

⏰ The deadline to submit activities is 14 August 2026.

There's still time to join the challenge, complete activities, and earn certificates for your team before this year's Mission X comes to an end.

Don't miss out, gather your team and take part today! 👨‍🚀🚀

👉 https://t.co/32H4IANrHz