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# European Space Agency

Last year
2023
Ireland's first satellite, built and designed by UCD students, has been launched into orbit
Updated 1 Dec 2023
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Europe's JUICE mission blasts off towards Jupiter's icy moons after yesterday's false start
14 Apr 2023
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Large asteroid to safely zoom between Earth and Moon this evening in once-in-a-decade event
25 Mar 2023
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All time
British medic set to become first astronaut recruit with a disability
23 Nov 2022
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European Space Agency to launch Ireland's first satellite early next year
4 Oct 2022
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Europe’s joint Mars mission with Russia postponed by Ukraine war
1 Mar 2022
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What does membership of the European Space Agency mean to Ireland?
4 Sep 2021
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Man-made 'space junk' is already making it more difficult to explore the final frontier
28 Aug 2021
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270 Irish people have applied to be an astronaut - so will we see an Irish person in space?
28 Aug 2021
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World's largest iceberg - slightly bigger than Majorca - breaks off Antarctica
20 May 2021
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Lake of water discovered beneath the surface of Mars
25 Jul 2018
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There's a European plan to have 100 people living on the Moon by 2040
25 Sep 2017
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European Space Agency gives go-ahead for Ireland's first satellite
23 May 2017
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Irish students to talk to astronaut in live chat from space
21 Jan 2017
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8
The pioneering Rosetta probe has crash-landed on Comet 67P
30 Sep 2016
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Some very bright Irish people are set for placements with the European Space Agency
21 Jun 2016
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WATCH: Spacecraft blasts off in new mission to search for life on Mars
14 Mar 2016
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UK astronaut Tim Peake arrives at International Space Station
15 Dec 2015
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We're getting children excited about outer space at an earlier age
Carla Hayes
19 Jul 2015
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Evacuation on ISS after toxic leak alarm sounds, all astronauts safe
14 Jan 2015
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13
Exploding rockets and chasing comets - The year in space exploration
26 Dec 2014
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Philae probe has fallen asleep after its batteries ran out
15 Nov 2014
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Philae hopes to communicate drilling results soon, but could it be its final hours?
14 Nov 2014
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13
Here's what Comet 67P would look like if it landed in Cork City
13 Nov 2014
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42
Ever wanted to see a comet up close? You're in luck
10 Nov 2014
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Comets smell like a mix of rotten eggs, horse pee, alcohol and almonds
25 Oct 2014
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6
Rosetta spacecraft reaches comet it's been chasing for ten years
6 Aug 2014
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76
Comet-chasing probe sends back pics of 'strange-looking potato' formation
17 Jul 2014
7.4k
12
The final frontier: Cork company set for space trip after contract win
15 May 2014
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15
Column: Look up! The Red Planet is continuing to shine brightly in the night sky
Conor Farrell
10 Apr 2014
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ESA launches rocket that will create a detailed map of the Milky Way
20 Dec 2013
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Urban beauties: Incredible view of cities from space
30 Nov 2013
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8
European space mission to explore strange changes in Earth’s magnetism
19 Nov 2013
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18
European satellite to crash to earth this weekend
8 Nov 2013
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20
NASA aborts spacewalk after helmet leak
16 Jul 2013
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26
Chris Hadfield's replacements to study plants and fire in space
29 May 2013
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10
New solar storm detection centre for Europe
4 Apr 2013
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11
Irish company wins €500k deal to make sunscreen for satellites
13 Dec 2012
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7
Dublin start-up wins at European Space Agency technology awards
27 Oct 2012
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2
Irish company Techworks Marine lands major space contract
4 Oct 2012
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