Josef Aschbacher
@AschbacherJosef
@ESA Director General - taking European space to the next level
🇦🇹Federal Chancellor of Austria Christian Stocker joined me at ESA HQ today. Austria has a highly skilled industrial and scientific base that reaches far beyond its own borders. Austria has a unique opportunity to scale up its engagement at ESA's Council Ministerial 2025 #CM25.…
🤝 Strengthening bonds & shaping the future of space exploration 🚀 🌕 From lunar robotics to live calls from the International @Space_Station, last week's visit to Japan highlighted the deep and growing collaboration with @esa in exploration, across organisations, governments…
INVICTUS builds upon earlier @ESA-led technological developments and will provide a platform for industry, agencies, and academia to trial next-generation hypersonic technologies. As a pivotal step toward the development of future spaceplanes, INVICTUS will equip Europe with a…
🚀Meet INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform. We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch. Learn…
🇵🇱 So glad to welcome ESA astronaut @astro_slawosz back to Poland! Just days after return & ESA/DLR medical clearance, he’s still radiating the passion that took him to orbit. #IGNIS—Poland’s 1st #ISS mission—spanned neuroplasticity research, fluid physics, radiation checks &…
We are hiring for two high-level positions: Director of Navigation and Director of Operations. Both positions will be members of the ESA Executive Board and, in that role, will be responsible for contributing to ESA-wide management, supporting the Director General in his…
Thrilled to see this milestone reached while I’m in the UK! 🇬🇧 On behalf of @ESA, the @uniofleicester led the development of SMILE’s X-ray camera, which will capture images of the Sun-facing edge of Earth’s magnetic field. Key UK partners—@TeledyneSI, @Thales_Alenia_S UK,…
Our Smile mission has made it through a tough set of tests: ✅Spikes ✅Scales ✅Shaker ✅Solar array stretch ✅Space Simulator All covered in the latest episode of 'Let's Smile', giving you a peek behind the scenes at ESA's technical heart, ESTEC. Full video and photos 👉…
🇵🇱Witaj z powrotem w domu, @astro_slawosz! Welcome home #AX4 🏡🌍 @POLSA_GOV_PL @Axiom_Space @SpaceX @MRiTGOVPL
SPLASHDOWN. Welcome home, @astro_slawosz! The 20-day #Ignis mission comes to an end. 🕙 Time: 10:32 BST / 11:32CEST 🌍 Location: Off the coast of San Diego, California #Ax4 @POLSA_GOV_PL @MRiTGOVPL @Axiom_Space
🔴 LIVE NOW: watch as our project astronaut @astro_slawosz and the #Ax4 crew splash back down to Earth. ➡️ youtube.com/live/tb7wkB0Vc…
🔴 LIVE: Watch @esa project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland return to Earth. ▶️ youtube.com/live/tb7wkB0Vc… 🪂 Splashdown: 10:30 BST/11:30 CEST. 🎯 Landing target: Off the coast of California, USA. #Ignis #Ax4
We are hiring for two high-level positions: Director of Navigation and Director of Operations. Both positions will be members of the ESA Executive Board and, in that role, will be responsible for contributing to ESA-wide management, supporting me in my responsibilities in the…
I had a tour of the @Thales_Alenia_S Space Smart Factory in Rome, designed for the high-rate production of small and medium-sized satellites, targeting up to 2 satellites per week once fully operational! Ambitious and exciting. I look forward to seeing it fully up and running. I…
Lieto di aver preso parte all'evento speciale organizzato da @ASI_spazio per celebrare i 50 anni dell'@ESA e ripercorrere insieme i traguardi raggiunti nel corso di questi anni. Tuttavia, mentre celebriamo il passato, prepariamo anche il futuro. In un'epoca di profondi mutamenti…
