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www.esa.int

“Meet Chicxu – the dino flying with ESA’s Hera asteroid mission!”

Template-written 23 evidence items Code reader analysed 7 scripts
What this means for you

www.esa.int only talked to its own servers while we watched.E1

  • An AI agent used the site and saw 1 of 1 claimed features working.E23
  • AI / agents: some content is AI-translated: The French version of the Mission page (/fr/about-us/who-we-are/mission-vision) showed its body text in French, with a notice saying the content was translated using AI and a 'Texte original' / 'TRADUCTION PAR IA' toggle. The page itself was in French and labelled as an AI translation, but nothing on it showed how the translation was produced.E23
  • Also noticed, Translation coverage is partial: When I opened the Chicxu article under /de/, the interface strings changed to German (e.g. 'Zum Inhalt springen', 'Veröffentlichungsdatum'). The article body and the navigation menu stayed in English. The French Mission page also kept its menu items in English.E22E23
  • Tech check: the site mentions ai / agents, but we found nothing behind it in what its public page loads.E19
  • We saw no known analytics or advertising services load on the first visit.E1
  • Its code still includes Google tag (gtag.js), which may switch on later (for example after you accept cookies or sign in).E8

Tech check

What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.

Nothing found on the public page

AI / agents

“…es To provide broader language access, some content is AI-translated. Skip to content about us what we do career…”E19

No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.

Calls its own backend /views/addE14
Wallet code none seen
Contract calls in its code none seen
Talks to AI services none seen
Live connections none seen

What the AI agent tried

An AI agent (claude-opus-5-5) used the site in our sandbox for 3 steps and saw 1 of 1 claimed feature working. It can't connect a wallet, pay, sign or log in, so those features count as "couldn't test". What it reports is what it observed, not a verdict.

Seen working

AI / agents: some content is AI-translated

The French version of the Mission page (/fr/about-us/who-we-are/mission-vision) showed its body text in French, with a notice saying the content was translated using AI and a 'Texte original' / 'TRADUCTION PAR IA' toggle. The page itself was in French and labelled as an AI translation, but nothing on it showed how the translation was produced.E23

Also noticed

Things the agent saw along the way that aren't among the site's claims. Not counted above.

Noticed

Translation coverage is partial

When I opened the Chicxu article under /de/, the interface strings changed to German (e.g. 'Zum Inhalt springen', 'Veröffentlichungsdatum'). The article body and the navigation menu stayed in English. The French Mission page also kept its menu items in English.E22E23

What it is

  • The Internet Archive first saved this site on 1998-07-04 (10352 days ago).E20
  • The site describes itself as: “This selfie taken by the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence out in deep space shows the mission mascot riding with i”E2
  • It's built with Svelte / SvelteKit and jQuery (common tools for building web apps).E6E7
  • In your browser it can copy text to your clipboard, saves small bits of data in your browser and can open your device's share menu.E9E10E11
  • It has sections such as /articles, /about-us, /directorates, /what-we-do, /careers and /Education.E18
  • While loading, it called 1 endpoint on its own servers, such as /views/add.E14

Where your data goes

On a first visit the page only talked to its own servers (www.esa.int, media.esa.int).

How key features work

Loading its content

Its content loads from its own API while you browse (/views/add).E14

/views/add

Search

Search runs through /api/search and /api/search/filters.E15E16

/api/search/api/search/filters

Drawing and editing in the browser

The page draws and edits graphics in your browser using the canvas.E13

canvas

Measuring what you do

Visits and clicks are measured with Google tag (gtag.js) (found in its traffic or its code).E8

Google tag (gtag.js)

Saving data on your device

It saves data in your browser (localStorage), so some things persist between visits.E10

local_storage

Pages and API calls

Pages it links to

/articles//about-us/directorates/what-we-do/careers/Education/business/news-media/search/media/kids/terms-and-conditions/privacy-notice/cookie-settings/Services

Endpoints

Called while loading (seen) or named in the code (code).

www.esa.int/views/addseenE14
/api/searchcodeE15
/api/search/filterscodeE16
/api/card-load-more/161335/cardloadmore/getRelatedArticlesModule/1/3codeE17

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

E1
Page title: Meet Chicxu – the dino flying with ESA’s Hera asteroid mission!
page title · https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-…
E2
Page description: This selfie taken by the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence out in deep space shows the mission mascot riding with it: a stick
page description · https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-…
E3
Main heading: Meet Chicxu – the dino flying with ESA’s Hera asteroid mission!
page h1 · https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-…
E4
11 request(s) to www.esa.int
types: 5 font, 2 image, 1 document
GET https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-… · font · 11 requests · network recording
E5
9 request(s) to media.esa.int
types: 9 image
GET https://media.esa.int/global/public/common/misc/2026/11/402383/image-thumb__402383__fit_large/image-12~-~media… · image · 9 requests · network recording
E6
Svelte / SvelteKit found in the code
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 27437:28310 · “svelte-trusted” · pattern scan
E7
jQuery found in the code
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 31597:5 · “jQuery.fn.” · pattern scan
E8
Google tag (gtag.js) found in the code
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 27441:132551 · “gtag(” · pattern scan
E9
Uses the browser ability: clipboard_write
can copy text to your clipboard
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 10346:15 · “clipboard.writeText(” · pattern scan
E10
Uses the browser ability: local_storage
saves small bits of data in your browser
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 8160:14 · “localStorage.setItem(” · pattern scan
E11
Uses the browser ability: web_share
can open your device's share menu
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 27438:12558 · “navigator.share(” · pattern scan
E12
Uses the browser ability: web_worker
runs work in a background thread
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 27441:10803 · “new Worker(” · pattern scan
E13
Uses the browser ability: canvas
draws graphics on a canvas
www.esa.int/assets/js/main.js @ 13449:28 · “getContext('2d'” · pattern scan
E14
The page called /views/add on www.esa.int (GET)
GET https://www.esa.int/views/add · fetch · network recording
E15
The code names the endpoint /api/search
www.esa.int/ (page HTML) @ 1277:97 · “/api/search” · pattern scan
E16
The code names the endpoint /api/search/filters
www.esa.int/ (page HTML) @ 1277:128 · “/api/search/filters” · pattern scan
E17
The code names the endpoint /api/card-load-more/161335/cardloadmore/getRelatedArticlesModule/1/3
www.esa.int/ (page HTML) @ 2727:80 · “/api/card-load-more/161335/cardloadmore/getRelatedArticlesModule/1/3” · pattern scan
E18
85 links to pages on the same site
page links · https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-… · /articles, /, /about-us, /directorates, /what-we-do, /careers, /Education, /business, /news-media, /search, /media, /kids
E19
The site says: “…es To provide broader language access, some content is AI-translated. Skip to content about us what we do career…”
page text · https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-… · …es To provide broader language access, some content is AI-translated. Skip to content about us what we do career…
E20
The Internet Archive first saved esa.int on 1998-07-04 and has snapshots from 2000 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/19980704125959/esa.int
E21
Agent step 1: view
AI agent step 1 · view on /articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-esa-s-hera-asteroid-mission
E22
Agent step 2: go /de/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-esa-s-hera-asteroid-mission
AI agent step 2 · go on /de/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/meet-chicxu-the-dino-flying-with-esa-s-hera-asteroid-mission · page called GET www.esa.int/de/views/add
E23
Agent step 3: go /fr/about-us/who-we-are/mission-vision
AI agent step 3 · go on /fr/about-us/who-we-are/mission-vision

Limits

  • We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
  • Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
  • Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
  • We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
  • The tech check compares the site's own words with what its public page loads. Work done on servers, in private code or in separate apps isn't visible here, so 'nothing found' means not visible on the public page, not that it doesn't exist.
  • This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.
  • The code reader hit its size budget on parts of 1 large bundle file(s); those parts weren't fully analysed.

Facts, not judgements: this page describes what the code and traffic show, not anyone's intent. Not financial advice. Case id XsUXjS6e.