{"id":797318,"date":"2025-07-17T09:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=797318"},"modified":"2025-07-17T09:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:40:06","slug":"testing-testing-testing-lets-smile-episode-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=797318","title":{"rendered":"Testing, testing, testing \u2013 Let\u2019s Smile (episode 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>Smile\u00a0is a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study how Earth responds to the\u00a0solar wind\u00a0and solar storms.<\/p>\n<p>At the European Space Agency\u2019s technical heart in the Netherlands, engineers have spent the last four months carrying out \u2018spacecraft environment testing\u2019 \u2013 putting Smile through its paces to make sure it is ready for the shaky rocket launch, the vacuum of space and the extreme temperatures it will face in orbit around Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Now all complete, Smile is one step closer to launch in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This video provides a glimpse into the testing process. It is the third episode in a series of short videos, and includes interviews with David Agnolon (ESA Smile Project Manager), Chris Runciman (ESA Smile System Engineer), Laura Malena Lottes (ESA Smile Mechanical Engineer), Benjamin Vanoutryve (ESA Smile AIT\/AIV and Launcher Interface Principal Engineer), Li Jing (CAS Smile Project Manager), He Tau (CAS Smile Mechanical Engineer) and Zhu Xiaofei (CAS Smile Thermal Engineer).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Smile (the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Smile is due to launch on a European Vega-C rocket in 2026. Follow the latest mission news via\u00a0<\/i><i>esa.int\/smile<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Access the related broadcast quality video material<\/p>\n<p>Access the other episodes of \u2018Let\u2019s Smile\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Completing the spacecraft \u2013 Let\u2019s Smile (episode 2)<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the Smile mission \u2013 Let\u2019s Smile (episode 1)<\/p>\n<p>Smile\u2019s other half arrives \u2013 Let\u2019s Smile (action snippet)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Testing, testing, testing \u2013 Let\u2019s Smile (episode 3)\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8soC68zRNC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2025\/07\/Testing_testing_testing_Let_s_Smile_episode_3?rand=772185\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smile\u00a0is a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study how Earth responds to the\u00a0solar wind\u00a0and solar storms. At the European Space Agency\u2019s technical heart in the Netherlands,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":797280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-797318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=797318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/797280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=797318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=797318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=797318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}