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• ESA School Days 2026: A week of space and science ESA · 22 Apr 2026 English
• Turning data from space into action for Earth ESA · 22 Apr 2026 Happy Earth Day, 22 April – a global call to act and protect our planet. At the European Space Agency, that action begins in orbit, where satellites deliver a continuous, global view of Earth and track environmental chan...
• Research Fellows in space science 2026 ESA · 21 Apr 2026 ESA has selected six new Fellows to pursue their own independent research in space science in 2026. The Research Fellowships in space science represent one of the highlights of the ESA Science programme.
• Euclid Space Warps: help spot galaxies bending spacetime ESA · 21 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Hubble turns 36 with a dazzling Trifid Nebula portrait ESA · 20 Apr 2026 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope looked at a scene it first captured in 1997 in honour of 36th anniversary: a small portion of a star-forming region about 5000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, known...
• ESA’s Mars Rover to Launch Aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy in 2028 European Spaceflight · 17 Apr 2026 NASA has selected a SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover no earlier than late 2028. The US space agency’s responsibility to procure launch services for the rover stems fr...
• Earth from Space: Land of rainforests ESA · 17 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Three ESA-built satellites on show in France ESA · 16 Apr 2026 Three Earth observation satellites, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with European partners, and due to launch later this year, have completed their functional and environmental tests and are ready to travel...
• Just opened: five tonnes of science and supplies ESA · 16 Apr 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams take a moment to capture the occasion as they first open the Cygnus NG‑24 cargo spacecraft after its installation on the Inte...
• SME Forum 2026 – Join ESA's annual consultation process ESA · 15 Apr 2026 Each year the European Space Agency (ESA) invites small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and midcaps to share their views and give feedback about topics which affect their work in the space sector.
• ESA begins next phase of 'fibre in the sky' optical communications project with Canada ESA · 15 Apr 2026 Actionable data from space could be delivered in seconds in the future, thanks to progress towards the European Space Agency’s (ESA) faster and more secure laser communications network, HydRON. At the 41st Space Symposiu...
• Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2026 The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program.
• The perfect place for Celeste’s first navigation signal ESA · 14 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• First-of-its-kind ship-to-ship call ESA · 13 Apr 2026 The first‑of‑its‑kind ship‑to‑ship call between astronauts on deep‑space and low Earth orbit missions.On 7 April, the Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, together with CSA (...
• ESA Publishes New Details on Crew Launch Abort Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 13 Apr 2026 The European Space Agency has opened its call for proposals to develop a crew launch abort demonstrator, a project first announced on 28 November 2025. With the call now open, the agency has published additional informat...
• Register for ESA’s Industry Space Days 2026 ESA · 10 Apr 2026 Registration is open for Industry Space Days 2026 at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 16–17 September.
• Earth from Space: Lava flow on Réunion Island ESA · 10 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA’s Celeste broadcasts first navigation signal from low Earth orbit ESA · 10 Apr 2026 The European Space Agency has achieved a European first with Celeste, successfully transmitting a navigation signal from low Earth orbit, following the launch of the mission’s first satellites on March 28.
• Artemis II: splashdown ESA · 10 Apr 2026 Today, at 17:07 local time on 10 April (01:07 BST/02:07 CEST 11 April), NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. ESA’s European Service Mo...
• Moon joy, Earth love ESA · 9 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Pointing in the (b)right direction ESA · 9 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA Spent €82 Million to Launch Sentinel-1D Satellite on Ariane 6 European Spaceflight · 9 Apr 2026 The European Space Agency has disclosed that launching the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite aboard an Ariane 62 rocket in November 2025 cost €82,070,773. As part of its involvement in the development of the Europe...
• Walk in the footsteps of Artemis ESA · 7 Apr 2026 On 6 April 2026, NASA’s Artemis II Mission, powered by ESA’s European Service Module (ESM), launched humans further than ever before.
• Graphene and lasers for space propulsion ESA · 7 Apr 2026 An international research team boarded ESA’s 86th parabolic flight campaign in May 2025 with ultralight graphene aerogels, then hit them with light during zero gravity phases to observe their reaction under space-like co...
• Doubling ESA’s deep space capabilities at New Norcia with deep space antenna 4 ESA · 7 Apr 2026 ESA’s newest deep space antenna, DSA 4 (also called NNO-3), is now fully online – representing a powerful new addition that strengthens the Agency’s reach across the Solar System and boosts the capacity and resilience of...
• Avio Delays SMILE Launch After Component Production Issue Identified European Spaceflight · 6 Apr 2026 The Italian launch services provider Avio has postponed the launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) SMILE mission aboard a Vega C rocket after an issue was identified on the production line of a subsystem component....
• A pair of planet-forming discs ESA · 3 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Earth from Space: Eyes on our Moon ESA · 3 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• How to follow the Smile launch live ESA · 2 Apr 2026 ESA will be broadcasting live as the European-Chinese Smile mission launches at 07:29 BST/08:29 CEST (03:29 local time) on 9 April 2026.
• A silicon chip that can do it all ESA · 2 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Artemis II: Journey to the Moon begins ESA · 2 Apr 2026 Artemis II launched on 2 April at 00:35 CEST, (18:35 local time on 1 April), sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which pow...
• Artemis II mission begins ESA · 1 Apr 2026 At 00:35 CEST today (18:35 local time on 1 April), NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. At the heart o...
• Watch live: Artemis II launch ESA · 31 Mar 2026 The first launch opportunity for Artemis II, the first mission to bring astronauts towards the Moon in over 50 years, is set for 1 April at 18:24 local time (2 April at 00:24 CEST). Tune in from one hour before launch at...
• Artemis II: let's go ESA · 31 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Rocketroll: nuclear-electric spacecraft study ESA · 31 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Seven missions launched to test optimised data transfer from space ESA · 31 Mar 2026 Eight CubeSats and one payload supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) reached orbit, where they will demonstrate various applications aimed at improving how data is sent around and processed. Thanks to these demons...
• ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 MILAN — The European Space Agency has launched the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launcher on March 28. The two satellites were launched a...
• Last glimpse of Smile ESA · 30 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Smile meets Vega-C ESA · 30 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA Seeks Commercial Provider to Transport Payload to the Moon European Spaceflight · 30 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency is seeking a commercial provider to deliver its NILS2 instrument to the Moon to measure negative ions on the lunar surface. On 1 June 2024, ESA’s original Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NIL...