Copernical Team
Artemis II's moonbound toilet is working again to astronauts' relief after overnight fix
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Artemis astronauts await green light for lunar orbit
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Artemis II to test new models that predict solar particle storms up to a day ahead
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How to follow the Smile launch live
ESA will be broadcasting live as the European-Chinese Smile mission launches at 07:29 BST/08:29 CEST (03:29 local time) on 9 April 2026.
Smile will launch on a European Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Times subject to change at short notice.
Smile: A global answer to a global mystery
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The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are joining hands to uncover how Earth defends itself against dangerous particles and radiation from the Sun.
It’s the first time we will have images and videos of what happens when this solar wind crashes into our magnetic field. Smile will witness this interaction in action, using four onboard instruments to watch the drama unfold.
Life can only exist as we know it when nestled safe inside this giant magnetic bubble surrounding our planet. By imaging the bubble as a whole for the first time, Smile will help us
A silicon chip that can do it all
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A silicon chip that can do it all Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS
‘Extreme but not exotic,’ – a glimpse at Comet 3I/ATLAS through the eyes of the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice).
Q&A: What to know about NASA's first crewed mission to the moon since 1972
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NASA's Artemis II mission launches on first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years
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Europe to negotiate with NASA on lunar missions: ESA
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