Recent changes to the Artemis architecture signal a rapidly shifting landscape in human space exploration, underscoring a broader reality: Europe has become too exposed to decisions beyond its control.

Read my latest article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-pil...

One of the many things I love about EnVision is the mindset: Venus is a connected system. Interior, surface, atmosphere, and climate evolve together. To understand why Venus and Earth diverged so dramatically, we have to study those links directly.

NASA will support @esa.int's Rosalind Franklin mission. Scheduled to launch in 2028, our Mars rover will be the first ever to drill up to two metres below the Red Planet's surface, searching for signs of past or present life on Mars 🔴 go.nasa.gov/4vAIeX1

Envision, with its next-generation suite of instruments, is set to pick up the story. 

Discover our Venus exploration story here 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Envision/From_Venus_Express_to_Envision_European_Venus_exploration

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20 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 🔭 🧪

Envision this – launching a mission to Venus to understand why Earth's twin evolved so differently.

Teams at ESA have been working on making this vision a reality. 

Discover more at esa.int/envision
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20 years ago today, our first mission to Venus was launched 🎉

#VenusExpress gave us a unique global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour and paved the way to #ESAEnvision. 

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#planetsci

Another fully European launch carrying European missions that will carry on a legacy of crucial applications here on Earth, for Europeans. This is what @esa.int is about: space for Europe!

New Paper Published. I am incredibly proud of this one. I agreed to this review when I was the branch chief of research and thought I could get the paper done in about 6 months....then multiple job shifts happened and the paper was submitted just over a year and 6 months after I said yes. (1/4)

🛰️ Have a look to this new research paper from the community: 'Volcanic gas plumes’ effect on the spectrum of Venus' by J.A. Dias et al. (@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If you have new exciting results of your research to share on social media, send it to us! 🪐

Check out new work:
Novel Performances of a Combined Raman‐LIBS Instrument for Future Lunar Astronaut Exploration Program: The PHOENIX for PANGAEA Project - Moral - Journal of Raman Spectroscopy - Wiley Online Library analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Happy Birthday #ESA!!!!

Looking forward for the next incredible 50 years

#50YearsOfESA

Tricorder Tech: Testing Away Team Tools For The Moon And Beyond
astrobiology.com/2025/04/tric... #astrobiology #Tricorder #AwayTeam #Artemis

⚙️ Drilling deeper into Mars than ever before with @esa.int's Rosalind Franklin rover.

🤖 Its drill will dig 2 metres below the surface, where signs of ancient life could be preserved.

🍿 Enjoy this new ExoMars episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22H-...

👇🧵 For some of the rover's DIY tricks.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬

Join us in celebrating the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of science and technology, and dive deeper into the story of one of our young professionals making her way in space.

➡️ www.esa.int/About_Us/Div...

Signed and sealed: ESA's next Venus mission #Envision can move towards construction. During the 17th #EuropeanSpaceConf, ESA awarded a contract to
@thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social to build the Envision spacecraft.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @cmundell.bsky.social