# European Space Agency
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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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European Space Agency
Europe’s joint Mars mission with Russia postponed by Ukraine war
1 Mar 2022
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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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space debris
Man-made 'space junk' is already making it more difficult to explore the final frontier
28 Aug 2021
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spásaire
270 Irish people have applied to be an astronaut - so will we see an Irish person in space?
28 Aug 2021
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European Space Agency
World's largest iceberg - slightly bigger than Majorca - breaks off Antarctica
20 May 2021
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Fly me to the moon
There's a European plan to have 100 people living on the Moon by 2040
25 Sep 2017
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we have liftoff
European Space Agency gives go-ahead for Ireland's first satellite
23 May 2017
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Fly me to the moon
Some very bright Irish people are set for placements with the European Space Agency
21 Jun 2016
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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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sealed off
Evacuation on ISS after toxic leak alarm sounds, all astronauts safe
14 Jan 2015
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big philae style
Exploding rockets and chasing comets - The year in space exploration
26 Dec 2014
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comet landing
Philae hopes to communicate drilling results soon, but could it be its final hours?
14 Nov 2014
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together at last
Rosetta spacecraft reaches comet it's been chasing for ten years
6 Aug 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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Rebel Alliance
The final frontier: Cork company set for space trip after contract win
15 May 2014
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Voices
Column: Look up! The Red Planet is continuing to shine brightly in the night sky
Conor Farrell
10 Apr 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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