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ESA × Pokémon Europe-wide collaboration

ESA Astronaut Pikachu

2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z – 2027-04-30T23:59:59.000Z

● Participating science and space museums across Europe

AvailabilityParticipating science and space museums across Europe
Event typeESA × Pokémon Europe-wide collaboration
Information4 bonuses · 8 featured Pokémon · 1 raid bosses

At six participating European museums, one-star Astronaut Pikachu raids can yield the Shiny costume with a special Location Background. Timed Research is separate; extra wild encounters and Field Research run October 4–10. Daily raid hours are not published.

Event bonuses

  • One-Star Raids featuring Astronaut Pikachu at participating museums
  • Timed Research and special Pokémon encounters
  • In-person museum raids can award Astronaut Pikachu with a special Location Background
  • World Space Week (October 4–10): event Field Research and increased wild Pokémon spawns at participating museum locations

Featured Pokémon

Pikachu · Clefairy · Magnemite · Starmie · Lunatone · Solrock · Elgyem · Blipbug

Shiny Pokémon

Astronaut Pikachu

Raid bosses

Astronaut Pikachu

Participating museum gameplay

  • October 4, 2026–April 30, 2027: One-Star Raids featuring Shiny-eligible Astronaut Pikachu and separate Timed Research at six participating museums.
  • Astronaut Pikachu caught through an in-person museum raid can have the special Location Background. Daily raid hours are not published.

World Space Week · October 4–10

  • Field Research and increased wild encounters around participating museum locations run October 4–10 only.
  • The October 4–10 gameplay also extends to the listed ESA sites, but Location Backgrounds do not.

Participating venues

  • Cité de l'espace — Cité de l'espace, Toulouse, France · 43.58664271359883, 1.4933352392078427
  • Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias — Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain · 39.45487507160424, -0.35050113215615
  • Deutsches Museum — Deutsches Museum, Nuremberg, Germany · 49.45370624348607, 11.074687897189365
  • Euro Space Center — Euro Space Center, Libin, Belgium · 50.008822857063335, 5.219072497220227
  • Science Museum — Science Museum, London, United Kingdom · 51.49722157181107, -0.17671757386002793
  • Space Expo — Space Expo, Noordwijk, Netherlands · 52.21532466606372, 4.420902755016792

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