Today 10 February, it is one year since the Solar Orbiter's launch!! And so much has happened in this last year: - We were so lucky to be...

On Wednesday 10 February 2021, Solar Orbiter will come as 'close' as 74 million kilometers from the Sun. That may sound very far still...

After a spacecraft launch, you cannot just switch it on and start doing science. It is far more complicated than that. A mission...

When spacecraft get launched into space, they do not follow a straight line. They are affected by the big gravity of planets or stars and...

Today, 27 Jan 2021 around 16:15 (*), Solar Orbiter has reached one billion kilometre flown since launch!! What a distance! And that in a...

2 weeks since the launch of Solar Orbiter … what has happened since then? When a satellite gets launched, it is in its most compact form,...

My superclass 4C, kids of 9-10 years old, did a wonderful project, I'm so proud. All the students were engaged and wanted to create...

Watch this movie till the end ! Rocket technology is cool and amazing ! Thx ULAlaunch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCq5qYFHfE&featur...

Woooow, yesterday wrote Buzz Aldrin on Twitter : "Well done NASA, ESA and ULAlaunch on last night's launch! Looking forward to seeing the...

Hi everyone, This evening, I will fly home with the kids and we will arrive on Sunday, it will be a short night. We are very tired, and...

Hi everyone, After a stormy night, we went another time to the Kennedy Space Center. First, we enjoyed a virtual reality demonstration of...

HI, Witse here (aka Fernando), Today, we visited the KSCVC (Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center). Just having arrived, Paxi felt like...

Hola everyone, Are we disappointed? Of course we are. Are we sad? Of course we are a bit sad, but life goes on! There are worse things in...

Hi everyone, The journey was not easy, long long long and tiring and we arrived very late in our hotel. Luckily, my kids behaved well and...

What will happen the first minutes, hours and days explained step-by-step in this wonderful poster.

Hi everyone, The launch of Solar Orbiter is again postponed and is now targeted for 9th of February, 23:03 h EST or 10th of February,...

Hi everyone, Many people don't know how to write a comment or to like a post. It's necessary to log in with a valid email address,...

Many people ask me, will the satellite not burn ? Hopefully not, they tried to protect it as much as possible.

Before the launch we have lunch at the lounge.