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New view on how the Sun affects the Earth. A joint European–Chinese mission. #ESASmile #SolarSystemExplorers Image: ESA

Joined July 2020
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To stay up to date with the Smile mission follow us on: 🔴 @esascience 🔴 bsky.app/profile/science.esa… 🔴 linkedin.com/showcase/esasci… You can also access esa.int/smile
Illustration of Smile in space, above the Earth. Two beams of light are seen pointing towards the Earth. The fiery Sun with its solar wind is visible on the left, while the Earth on the right has its protective magnetospheric bubble depicted in blue.

ALT Illustration of Smile in space, above the Earth. Two beams of light are seen pointing towards the Earth. The fiery Sun with its solar wind is visible on the left, while the Earth on the right has its protective magnetospheric bubble depicted in blue.
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ESA_Smile retweeted
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15 Jul 2025
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 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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13 Dec 2024
Smile's other half arrives 🫶 🛬 On 9 December, the @esa_smile Platform arrived at @Schiphol airport from Shanghai, China. It was then transported to ESTEC in Noordwijk, where the other half, the European Payload Module, was waiting for it 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Video…
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13 Nov 2024
☀️💨🛰️🌍 Meet our Smile mission! 👇 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Video… 🎥ESA/Lightcurve Films
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The Smile Science Working Team met in Iceland and online last week. 🤝💻 🟩🟥 Wonderful auroras were observed locally at the China-Iceland Joint Arctic Observatory, underlining the importance of the Smile mission science objectives and the links between Europe and China. The Smile data will indeed provide a unique global view over the northern hemisphere of the impact of such strong solar activity!
Aurora image taken on 7 October 2024 from the China-Iceland Joint Arctic Observatory near Akureyri (Iceland). We see a sky full of bright green and some red lights, while several stars are visible in the background.

ALT Aurora image taken on 7 October 2024 from the China-Iceland Joint Arctic Observatory near Akureyri (Iceland). We see a sky full of bright green and some red lights, while several stars are visible in the background.

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Hello, Smile! 👋 🌞↔️🌍 Enjoy this view of the spacecraft that will observe the full Sun-Earth connection, filling an essential gap in our understanding of the Solar System. youtube.com/watch?v=jiTfxASM…
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Discover the new Smile ESA website! esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Vega-C to launch the ESA Smile mission! esa.int/Science_Exploration/…

Smiles all round: Vega-C to launch ESA solar wind mission

ESA ensures a ride into space for its Smile mission, with Arianespace signing up to launch the spacecraft on a Vega-C rocket

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ESA Science
@esascience
30 Apr 2024
ESA ensures a ride into space for its @ESA_Smile mission, with @Arianespace signing up to launch the spacecraft on a Vega-C rocket 🚀 Find out more 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
Three people standing in front of contracts. The background wall is covered in ESA logos

ALT Three people standing in front of contracts. The background wall is covered in ESA logos

Sun (left) blows matter towards Earth (right). A spacecraft looks down at Earth's pole and at the surrounding magnetic field

ALT Sun (left) blows matter towards Earth (right). A spacecraft looks down at Earth's pole and at the surrounding magnetic field

Rocket launch

ALT Rocket launch

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