# ESA's Plato Exoplanet Mission Enters Thermal Vacuum Testing

- slug: esas-plato-exoplanet-mission-enters-thermal-vacuum-testing
- date: 2026-03-13
- category: Space & Aerospace

# ESA's Plato Exoplanet Mission Enters Thermal Vacuum Testing

Europe's hunt for Earth-like exoplanets is heating up — literally.

The European Space Agency's Plato spacecraft is now sealed inside the Large Space Simulator at ESA's Test Centre, undergoing a series of space-like thermal vacuum tests.

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