# ESA
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Last year
2023
Eirsat-1
Ireland's first satellite, built and designed by UCD students, has been launched into orbit
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1 Dec 2023
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European Space Agency
Europe's JUICE mission blasts off towards Jupiter's icy moons after yesterday's false start
14 Apr 2023
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European Space Agency
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
To infinity...
British medic set to become first astronaut recruit with a disability
23 Nov 2022
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ireland thinks
European Space Agency: Majority say Ireland’s contribution should not increase beyond €20m
6 Sep 2021
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the good information project
What does membership of the European Space Agency mean to Ireland?
4 Sep 2021
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Eirsat-1
The first-ever Irish-made satellite could be orbiting the planet next year
21 Aug 2021
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Startups and tech
A moment in the sun: Meet the Irish spacetech entrepreneurs boldly growing
13 Feb 2020
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The Red Planet
WATCH: Spacecraft blasts off in new mission to search for life on Mars
14 Mar 2016
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Voices
We're getting children excited about outer space at an earlier age
Carla Hayes
19 Jul 2015
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distant comet
After a seven month nap, the tiny Philae probe has woken up and made contact
14 Jun 2015
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Philae Lander
People are emotional about the tiny comet lander finally waking up from its nap
14 Jun 2015
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distant beauty
A decade of observing Earth from space has given us these breathtaking views
28 Mar 2015
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goodnight tiny probe
The last tweets from the comet lander are pretty heartbreaking...
15 Nov 2014
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Comet The Day
Philae seems to be stuck under a cliff with one leg dangling in space
13 Nov 2014
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Out of this World
Here's why you really should be following the International Space Station online
21 Sep 2014
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space probe
Comet-chasing probe sends back pics of 'strange-looking potato' formation
17 Jul 2014
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Satellite of love
These Limerick students built a satellite in a can and won a European prize
6 Jun 2014
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Vertigo
Watch: This is what it looks like to be blasted into space on the side of a rocket
8 Apr 2014
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seeing stars
Europe's €740 million star-hunting telescope 'Gaia' enters Earth orbit
9 Jan 2014
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SPACE DISCOVERY
ESA launches rocket that will create a detailed map of the Milky Way
20 Dec 2013
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