Human Spaceflight ✓

@esaspaceflight · Estec, Noordwijk · joined 20 Mar 2011

Sharing news on Europe's human and robotic exploration, from astronaut training to the next giant leap to the Moon and Mars.

138 058Followers

648Following

13 413Posts total

31.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views4 177this account22 159median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.03%this account6.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %3.35%this account1.18%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	4 177	22 159	0.19×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.03%	6.71%	0.45×
Engagement rate	3.35%	1.18%	2.85×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

11.5K1 Sep

3.8K

4.2K

9.3K2 Sep

2.3K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.40%1 Sep

4.33%

4.26%

1.22%2 Sep

3.34%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.18%.

What the audience does

Likes81.4%587 in total

Reposts11.9%86 in total

Replies1.4%10 in total

Quotes1.5%11 in total

Bookmarks3.7%27 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

ICYMI: ESA astronaut @Soph_astro and NASA astronaut @Astro_Jessica successfully completed US EVA-99 at 21:29 CEST on Tuesday 1 September. It was Sophie’s third spacewalk in just 15 days! 🔗 https://t.co/MqXFpPNp4F https://t.co/4tiEu1eVzk 2.3K views · 69 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 Yesterday @esa and @ispace_EUROPE celebrated a key milestone for MAGPIE, set to become Europe's first rover on the Moon 🌕 Launching in 2029, the rover will investigate lunar resources which could support a sustained human presence on the Moon 💧👨‍🚀. https://t.co/qmKEEArn7s 9.3K views · 89 likes · 16 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 .@Soph_astro and @Astro_Jessica are all smiles after spending the day working outside of the International Space Station and successfully completing maintenance activities... Congratulations Sophie on your third EVA, we're all extremely proud of you! 👩‍🚀🇫🇷 #εpsilon https://t.c 4.2K views · 157 likes · 19 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 👏 Spacewalk successfully wrapped after 6 hours and 49 minutes. 👩‍🚀 @ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed her third spacewalk, totaling 19 hours and 42 minutes working outside the International @Space_Station. #εpsilon https://t.co/Sy9Q4Sv8sG 3.8K views · 139 likes · 24 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 After the issues with shoulder tightness inside her spacesuit were sorted, Sophie slides herself back into the airlock. You can see her here upside down, with red stripes around her knees. https://t.co/9YQjQyEa6z 11.5K views · 133 likes · 21 reposts · 3 replies 01 Sep 2026