✨ Find your place in space! 🚀
🎉 Discover Space for Everyone, a new online course from ESA Education that offers an accessible introduction to the many disciplines that make the space sector possible.
🌍 Free and open to everyone, with no prior knowledge required, Space for e range of topics such as astronomy and space engineering, space law, business, life sciences and the role of space in our everyday lives. 🛰️
🌟 Ready to explore space?
🔗 education.esa.int/find-your-plac…
📸: ESA - NASA/JSC - L. Harnett
🎉 Discover Space for Everyone, a new online course from ESA Education that offers an accessible introduction to the many disciplines that make the space sector possible.
🌍 Free and open to everyone, with no prior knowledge required, Space for e range of topics such as astronomy and space engineering, space law, business, life sciences and the role of space in our everyday lives. 🛰️
🌟 Ready to explore space?
🔗 education.esa.int/find-your-plac…
📸: ESA - NASA/JSC - L. Harnett
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🚀 Ready to work on a suborbital crewed vehicle?
👩🎓 The Student Aerospace Challenge 2026–2027 is open to university students across Europe. 🌍
This edition offers two design challenges:
🔹 a suborbital vehicle for high-speed, long-range transport
🔹 a reusable orbital vehicle orbit
🤝 Team up and work on a topic that interests you, from reusable propulsion and market analysis to crew preparation and training, communications and more. Develop innovative aerospace concepts and collaborate with industry experts.
Discover the challenge and find out how to participate:
🔗 education.esa.int/student-aerosp…
📸: Dassault Aviation
👩🎓 The Student Aerospace Challenge 2026–2027 is open to university students across Europe. 🌍
This edition offers two design challenges:
🔹 a suborbital vehicle for high-speed, long-range transport
🔹 a reusable orbital vehicle orbit
🤝 Team up and work on a topic that interests you, from reusable propulsion and market analysis to crew preparation and training, communications and more. Develop innovative aerospace concepts and collaborate with industry experts.
Discover the challenge and find out how to participate:
🔗 education.esa.int/student-aerosp…
📸: Dassault Aviation
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👀 A little peek behind the scenes… and update on Plato's Find-a-new-Earth Art Challenge! 🎨
Wow, you really didn’t make this easy for us! 🤩 Together with our expert jury, I am very busy looking through all your amazing entries and choosing our winners. We are finalising our e thank you to everyone who took part 💙 Keep an eye on ESA Kids to find out who the lucky winners are! 🏆
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Wow, you really didn’t make this easy for us! 🤩 Together with our expert jury, I am very busy looking through all your amazing entries and choosing our winners. We are finalising our e thank you to everyone who took part 💙 Keep an eye on ESA Kids to find out who the lucky winners are! 🏆
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✨ The ESERO family is growing 🌍
A warm welcome to the newest member: ESERO Latvia! 🤗
💫 Officially inaugurated on 21 October at the University of Latvia in Riga, ESERO Latvia brings together the expertise of the University of Latvia, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences cation Centre to connect space, technology and STEM education in new and exciting ways.
👩🏫 Through educational and inspirational activities for children and young people, as well as their families, teachers and educators, the new office will create new opportunities for space-inspired learning.
🚀 With Latvia joining the network, ESERO now comprises 23 offices across Europe, creating even more opportunities to explore space in education and spark curiosity among the next generation!
🔗 Read more: education.esa.int/space-inspires…
📸 : Pauls Zvirbulis
A warm welcome to the newest member: ESERO Latvia! 🤗
💫 Officially inaugurated on 21 October at the University of Latvia in Riga, ESERO Latvia brings together the expertise of the University of Latvia, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences cation Centre to connect space, technology and STEM education in new and exciting ways.
👩🏫 Through educational and inspirational activities for children and young people, as well as their families, teachers and educators, the new office will create new opportunities for space-inspired learning.
🚀 With Latvia joining the network, ESERO now comprises 23 offices across Europe, creating even more opportunities to explore space in education and spark curiosity among the next generation!
🔗 Read more: education.esa.int/space-inspires…
📸 : Pauls Zvirbulis
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📡 How do you design a satellite communication mission? 🛰️
🎓 Join the Satellite Communication Systems Training Course 2027, developed in collaboration with ESA’s Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications, and explore the technologies that connect users, ground across vast distances.
🗓️ 1–5 March 2027
📍 ESA ESEC, Belgium
Working alongside experts from ESA and the European space sector, you will:
🔹 Explore satellite communication systems through lectures, practical exercises and technical discussions.
🔹 Work in a multidisciplinary team to design a satellite communication mission, assess technical trade-offs and present your solution to a panel of experts.
🔹 Discover key concepts, including link budgets, antennas, payloads, ground segments, secure communications and the integration of satellite networks with 5G and 6G.
🚀 Ready to expand your knowledge of satellite communications and put it into practice? Find out more and apply:
🔗 education.esa.int/apply-for-the-…
🎓 Join the Satellite Communication Systems Training Course 2027, developed in collaboration with ESA’s Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications, and explore the technologies that connect users, ground across vast distances.
🗓️ 1–5 March 2027
📍 ESA ESEC, Belgium
Working alongside experts from ESA and the European space sector, you will:
🔹 Explore satellite communication systems through lectures, practical exercises and technical discussions.
🔹 Work in a multidisciplinary team to design a satellite communication mission, assess technical trade-offs and present your solution to a panel of experts.
🔹 Discover key concepts, including link budgets, antennas, payloads, ground segments, secure communications and the integration of satellite networks with 5G and 6G.
🚀 Ready to expand your knowledge of satellite communications and put it into practice? Find out more and apply:
🔗 education.esa.int/apply-for-the-…
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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 national Space Station.
🔗 esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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 national Space Station.
🔗 esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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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 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.
🔗 esa.int/Education/ESA_…
📸: Portuguese Space Agency
🚀 Through a bilateral agreement with the Portuguese Space Agency, ESA is providing financial support to the EuRoC rocketry challenge, building on the 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.
🔗 esa.int/Education/ESA_…
📸: 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: cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/schoo…
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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 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.
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 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 ands-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:
🔗 esa.int/Education/ESA_…
🎓 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 ands-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:
🔗 esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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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 urn your project idea into reality!
Find out more:
🔗 learn.esa.int/projects/explo…
🎓 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 urn your project idea into reality!
Find out more:
🔗 learn.esa.int/projects/explo…
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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 ll, 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! ✨
👉 esa.int/kids/en/things…
🛸 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 ll, 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! ✨
👉 esa.int/kids/en/things…
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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, tional 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:
🔗 esa.int/Education/Enga…
Access the Call for Proposals on esa-star:
🔗 esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderActio…
Help us spread the word and support the next generation of space professionals ✨
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, tional 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:
🔗 esa.int/Education/Enga…
Access the Call for Proposals on esa-star:
🔗 esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderActio…
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, pportunities. 🛰️
💡 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:
🔗
esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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, pportunities. 🛰️
💡 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:
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esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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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 , 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: esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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 , 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: esa.int/Education/ESA_…
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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 t 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! 👇
🔗 esa.int/Education/Moon…
📸: ESA/Foster + Partners
🌙 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 t 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! 👇
🔗 esa.int/Education/Moon…
📸: 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 sion 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 👇
🔗 esa.int/Education/CanS…
👩🏫 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 sion 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 👇
🔗 esa.int/Education/CanS…
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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 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 👇
🔗 esa.int/Education/Astr…
📸: ESA & Raspberry Pi Foundation
💫 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 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 👇
🔗 esa.int/Education/Astr…
📸: ESA & Raspberry Pi Foundation
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