Hey,

If you’ve used Copernicus Sentinel data, it would be great if you could contribute by completing this short, anonymous survey for the European Space Agency.

Your insights will help improve the tools and services for everyone!

You can find the survey here: https://www.sentinels.survey.esaportal.eu/

Sorry if this comes across as a bit of a stupid question but is it possible for a researcher to become an astronaut and what would you have to do to get there? Would you have to get flight experience before you even applied for the astronaut position? I've heard of people in research positions in the past becoming astronauts but am unsure whether they had previous flight experience or whether they had learned it as part of their training after they were selected. Is there a specific requirement of position required to become an astronaut? Any and all help is appreciated

Hello everyone, my name is Giulio, I am an engineer and a PhD student in particle physics. In February I have to move to the Netherlands to start an internship (part of my PhD) at ESA/ESTEC. Since I am not familiar with Dutch cities, I would like to ask for your help. On the internet I saw that the best places to rent a house are: NOORDWIJK KATWIJK LEIDEN If anyone has any advice, or can tell me something, I would be very grateful. My budget for renting a house (I would prefer a house and not a shared room) is between 500-1500/month.

Thank you again

I'm really passionate about orbital mechanics and trajectory analysis, so it would be a dream to do a YGT in one of those topics or something close, such as with the advanced concepts team or the clean space office perhaps in relation to collision avoidance for small satellites in LEO. I have a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering and one year of experience as an aircraft performance engineer (flight physics calculation for certification of new Airbus and ATR aircraft). I'm currently doing a master's degree in space engineering with hopefully a dissertation in astrodynamics/trajectory analysis.

I'm worried that I would be underqualified because I don't really have any direct experience with the space industry, except for an academic project in my bachelor's where I did mission analysis for a drag sail to be employed to de orbit a cubesat my university is designing. Looking at YGT profiles on LinkedIn they all had so much experience like ESA training courses, projects, papers published, top grades in top universities. Is it even worth it for me to apply? Of course I'm going to apply regardless, but is there any reasonable chance for me or should I not get my hopes up too much?

I speak French Italian and English fluently so I don't think language would be an issue

I have currently been working in finance for about 5 years now, I have a master's in Physics, I speak Russian and English fluently, I can fly a plane and helicopter, however I want to become an Astronaut.

This might sound very stupid but would my 5 years in Finance count as 3 years in a "relevant proffesion", considering I do modelling quite often?

Dear Members of r/esa

As most of you know, this year marks 50 Years since the formation of the European Space Agency, and as such we need a new subreddit banner that Celebrates ESA's 50 Year Anniversary, from the Merger of ESRO and ELDO

You can use Images from esa.int , I know this has caused some confusion in the past competition for banner image but as u/europeanspaceagency is now a mod on this subreddit, Use of ESA copyrighted images is kind of a greenlighted, as this is now semi-official ESA social media page, and ESA Communications has a direct and easy way to remove it if it violates their image use policy.

If there are a number of good entries, I will post a poll and allow you folks to decide which one should adorn the sub

Get at it folks

u/Jakdowski

I know that this probably wont change much but its still an exciting thing. I could never imagine that the country i live would be a part of ESA, always thought we were too small, but here we are.

I'm a Spanish citizen and my dream is to work in aerospace/aviation. I am currently looking to apply to university and would really like to study in the US. I know it is really hard for international students to find jobs in the US in the field of aerospace so I would probably just go back to Europe after and try to apply to ESA. I just want to know if I would be wasting time and money by going to the US and if there are better options to potentially work at a big space station.

I also know that they are very competitive and Spanish universities are not the best of the best out there. I have an itch for going out and exploring the world, too, so I would really like to study in English speaking universities outside my country.

What are the best universities to study and then become an ESA worker?

autant se faire promener par son chien 😂

Hi, I would like to ask if ESA has something like "GOES image viewer" for Europe?
I would love to see images from geostationary orbit. If possible even image of full disk.
Can you please help me?

Great review of the top actors in the launcher space, most who have strong connections to ESA.

Title says it all

Hi guys, I’m new here. I applied for CubeSat System engineering and Vega and Space Rider mechanical and propulsion engineering-turbines. I have no news yet, even though I can read from Jobs Applied that all applications are being reviewed. Is it possible that they are still analysing everything? Has someone applied for the same applications? Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Biology in Germany and have always been fascinated by space science. I was wondering if there are opportunities for biologists at ESA or in space research in general.

I understand that an academic career in physics or engineering are typically more aligned with careers at ESA, but biology is where my true passion lies. I’d love to find out if there’s a way to combine these two fields.

Specifically:

• Which Master's degree would help me get in the right direction, and are there any recommendations for programs in or near northern Germany that could prepare me for this path? Are there particular fields within biology (e.g., astrobiology, biotechnology, space medicine) that are especially in demand?
• Any advice on internships, projects, or programs (like ESA's Young Graduate Trainee) that could help me get started?

I’d love to hear from anyone with experience in this area or advice on how to align my studies and skills with a career in space research.

Thanks in advance for your insights! 😊

I wanted to recreate BepiColombo's MPO in Lego. However the dimensions of the solar array are quite an issue to fix. Does it say how long the solar arrays(+radiator) are or how long the total solar wing is? Any help is much appreciated

I have applied to a couple of internship positions. CV and CL downloaded at early December, yet no response... I know that the shorlisting is still ongoing, but on Linkedin there were few people that applied to the positions I considered. Also I was the only one filling those position on the Internship Megasheet, so I guess this confirms that there were few candidates. I think ESA Hr should've already chosen their candidates for those position. But then I think why didn't ESA send any rejection mail yet? Can it happen that they download everything early in December but then call you at January?