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 🚀
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ESA_Envision
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ESA_Envision
@ESA_Envision
Understanding why Earth’s closest neighbour, Venus, is so different. Official account of Envision, ESA’s next Venus orbiter #ESAEnvision
Joined November 2024
- ESA_Envision repostedThree 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
- ESA_Envision repostedReplying to @esascienceIn 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 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor… 2/2
- ESA_Envision reposted20 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
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: ✨
- 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
- 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
00:00 - ESA_Envision repostedThe #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 isToday marks a milestone for European space exploration. The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 billion, were just approved at our Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen, Germany. #CM25 More details 👇 esa.int/About_Us/Corpo…
- 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,
- Our ESA Open Day 2025 agenda is now online for Sunday 12 October (general admission day) ⬇️ 🔗
- The Envision Team is ready to welcome all space enthusiast visitors this Sunday at the ESA Open Day at ESTEC 🛰️🚀🙂!
- 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[Press Release] Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” Operation Completed global.jaxa.jp/press/2025/09/… #JAXA
