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• Proba-3: our eyes on the Sun’s inner corona ESA · 19 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• The EGT Programme: your road to space ESA · 19 Jan 2026 Dreaming of a career in space? The 2026 ESA Graduate Trainee opportunities are launching soon! It’s time to polish up your CV, craft your motivation letter and get ready to reach for the stars.
• Arianespace to launch first Ariane 64 rocket on 12 Feb European Spaceflight · 17 Jan 2026 Arianespace has announced that the first flight of its more powerful four-booster Ariane 6 will be launched on 12 February from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launch system...
• The countdown to clean orbits has begun with ESA’s Zero Debris Charter SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2026 Space is rapidly becoming the world’s most congested frontier. What was once a domain of scientific exploration is now a crowded commercial arena, a global infrastructure layer critical to communications, navigation, cli...
• Power to the Moon ESA · 16 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Earth from Space: The fate of a giant ESA · 16 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch SpaceNews · 14 Jan 2026 A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.
• Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre gets a makeover ESA · 14 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE in-orbit servicing and debris removal mission SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2026 MILAN — The European Space Agency and Luxembourg’s ClearSpace announced Jan. 12 a new collaboration on an in-orbit servicing and active debris removal mission called PRELUDE, one that will involve two small spacecraft de...
• 10 asteroids named to honour ESA’s role in Planetary Defence ESA · 13 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA Adjusts Scope of Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Services Initiative European Spaceflight · 13 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has adjusted the scope of Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Services programme to account for the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS). Under the new call, the agency will acc...
• ATD water-cooled throttleable engine firing ESA · 13 Jan 2026 Romanian company ATD Aerospace RS SRL is developing a 10 kN rocket engine that can be re-ignited and adjust its thrust. This builds on the 1 kN engine they developed with support from the European Space Agency (ESA).
• Astris infographic ESA · 12 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• “No Urgency” to Upgrade Vega C Booster, Says ESA European Spaceflight · 12 Jan 2026 A shared solid-fuel booster upgrade that will be used for the first time aboard an Ariane 6 rocket later this year will not be introduced aboard Vega C until 2028. The European Space Agency says the delay reflects the re...
• Assembling the first Ariane 6 with four boosters at Europe’s Spaceport ESA · 9 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA “Waiting for Spring” to Launch Themis Reusable Rocket Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that, with the launch facility in Sweden currently “under snow,” it is “waiting for spring” to launch an initial hop test of its Themis reusable rocket booster demonstrator. E...
• Finding the echo ESA · 8 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA Strikes New Deal with NASA for Its CSOC Commitments for the ISS European Spaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 After cancelling a call for proposals in December for a commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that was intended to meet its obligations related to the station’s Common System Operations Costs...
• ESA Director General’s 2026 annual press briefing ESA · 8 Jan 2026 Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, briefed journalists on the main milestones for 2026, such as the launch of Smile, a mission that will give humankind its first complete look at how Earth r...
• ESA preview 2026 ESA · 8 Jan 2026 As a new year begins, let’s take a look at what’s ahead for the European Space Agency in 2026. From Earth to the farthest reaches of the Solar System, 2026 marks a year of firsts that continue to shape the future of spac...
• ESA and Playmobil launch Mars mission collection ESA · 8 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) and Playmobil are expanding their successful partnership with a brand-new collection of space-themed toys, bringing a distinctly European vision of Mars exploration into the hands of young...
• Snow-covered Amsterdam ESA · 7 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Sandblasting on Mars ESA · 7 Jan 2026 Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA’s Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic sandblaster, carving out intriguing grooves near Mars’s equator.
• Solar probes follow hyperactive sunspot region through three full rotations SpaceDaily · 6 Jan 2026 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 The sun rotates about once every 28 days, so active regions on its surface are usually visible from Earth for only around two weeks before they move out of view behind the limb. Ioa...
• Cloud-9: a new celestial object found by Hubble ESA · 5 Jan 2026 A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object – a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a 'relic' or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed 'Clo...
• Press conference with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot ESA · 5 Jan 2026 Media representatives joined French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, on Monday 5 January, for a hybrid press conference to learn more about her first mission to space.
• Tree planting for εpsilon ESA · 5 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Tree planting for εpsilon ESA · 5 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Space Rider drone inspection ESA · 5 Jan 2026 Animation showing possible operations for ESA’s reusable laboratory Space Rider deploying an inspection drone.
• Space Rider orbital ballet ESA · 5 Jan 2026 Animation showing a possible interoperability application in orbit of payload deployment and retrieval operations with ESA’s reusable Space Rider.
• From roots to rocket ESA · 5 Jan 2026 On 5 January 2026, the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, hosted a special tradition: the planting of an astronaut tree by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot in honour of her first mission to space, εpsilon. T...
• Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway NASA · 2 Jan 2026 A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo galaxy cluster. This e...
• A neighbouring vista of stellar birth ESA · 2 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
• Denmark’s First Mission to the Moon Gets ESA Greenlight European Spaceflight · 2 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency has selected to proceed with a Danish-led satellite mission as one of a number of small, relatively inexpensive missions to the Moon. Called Máni, after the Norse personification of the Moon, th...
• ESA reaches new benchmark in autonomous formation flying SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 ESA reports that its Proba-3 mission has achieved autonomous formation flying in orbit with millimetre-level precision. Ian Carnelli, ESA Head of Systems Department, stated: "Proba-3 pr...
• Hydrogen peroxide thruster qualifies for ESA launcher attitude control SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Many launchers and satellites rely on separate propulsion systems for major orbital maneuvers and for attitude control, with the latter provided by compact reaction control thrusters that...
• ESA confirms data breach SpaceNews · 30 Dec 2025 MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked...
• ESA Says Data Breach Was Limited to Servers with Unclassified Documents European Spaceflight · 30 Dec 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an initial statement regarding an alleged data breach, stating that it affected a “very limited number of science servers located outside the ESA corporate network.” On 26 Dec...
• Fireworks from space ESA · 30 Dec 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• Fly through Webbs cosmic vistas celebrates four years of James Webb discoveries SpaceDaily · 30 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 30, 2025 On the fourth launch anniversary of the NASA ESA CSA James Webb Space Telescope, the European Space Agency has released a 43 minute fly through video built from many of Webbs best known...