# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYZS3KQMbqR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65926732-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/00c4e247a3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-16T09:54:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** J.L.Lopez (@xandler80) — https://gondola.cc/xandler80

## Caption

Laser-powered spacecraft are… 🛰️

During our 86th parabolic flight campaign, researchers fired a laser at ultralight graphene aerogels in zero gravity.

They shot forward. Instantly. In 30 milliseconds*

On Earth? Barely a flicker. In microgravity? A completely different story.

No fuel. No moving parts. Just light, steering satellites and powering missions of the future.

*the videos of the experiment have been slowed down 10 times. 

📹 @europeanspaceagency
🎞️ @gettyimages; Pleione Energy; ESA; @airzerog; @ulbruxelles / @khalifauniversity; Advanced Materials Technologies; ESA/ULB/ Khalifa University
📸 ESA/ULB/ Khalifa University

## Stats

- **Views:** 55,882
- **Likes:** 5,546
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 79

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Content Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Videographer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Video Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Senior Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Writer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Digital Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Coordinator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Subtitler |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Screenwriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Thumbnail Designer |

## Tags

europeanspaceagency, space

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