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New NAVISP activities support resilient transportation in Europe ESA · 15 Oct 2026 On 14 October, at the NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed new contracts with three European companies that will support the development of innovative technologies for resilient rai...
Trace Gas Orbiter — Facts and figures ESA · 15 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Drilling down for the Moon ESA · 15 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Act for more sustainable space ESA · 15 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Swarming robots to tackle space debris ESA · 15 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Where winds blow and lava flows ESA · 14 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Earth today, Jupiter tomorrow: An insight into Juice’s recent Earth flyby ESA · 14 Oct 2026 On 28 September, ESA’s Juice mission reached another important Jupiter-bound milestone with its penultimate gravity assist manoeuvre: a flyby of Earth. This encounter, however, was not only an essential step on the road...
Press conference: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns to Europe ESA · 13 Oct 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has returned to Europe following her 237-day εpsilon mission aboard the International Space Station. A press conference with Sophie and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuensc...
NovaMoon mission patch ESA · 12 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Introducing NovaMoon ESA · 12 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) NovaMoon mission will improve positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services on the Moon. It will help rovers, landers and astronauts navigate on the Moon like cars, planes and pedest...
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns from her first mission to the International Space Station ESA · 10 Oct 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has arrived back in Europe, landing in Cologne, Germany, following her return to Earth with Crew-12 after 237 days, nearly eight months, aboard the International Space Station for her εpsilon...
Farewell to the Fluid Science Laboratory after 18 years in orbit ESA · 9 Oct 2026 On 9 October, astronauts on the International Space Station begin supporting the final decommissioning of ESA's Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL), one of the longest-serving scientific facilities inside Europe's Columbus la...
Earth from Space: Namibia’s biggest salt pan ESA · 9 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Crew-12 Returns to Earth NASA · 8 Oct 2026 The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen moments before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in this Oct. 8, 2026, photograph. Aboard were NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members NASA astronauts...
Splashdown confirmed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 8 Oct 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth with Crew-12 after her nearly eight-month εpsilon mission to the International Space Station, splashing down off the coast of California, USA, at 15:34 GMT/17:34 CEST on 8 Oc...
The director’s take: telling Galileo’s story through film ESA · 8 Oct 2026 In 2025, to celebrate thirty years of satellite navigation in Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA) commissioned a documentary to capture the history of Galileo, Europe’s satellite navigation system. Finding Our Way: I...
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 3 ESA · 7 Oct 2026 The future of European exploration and the decisions ahead took centre stage during ESA’s third day at IAC 2026. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher joined representatives of ESA Member States to discuss Europe's ambit...
Géraldine Naja with the WIA-Europe award ESA · 7 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Brake! Time for ESA’s Hera asteroid mission to go slow ESA · 7 Oct 2026 Launched two years ago today, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has been hurtling away from Earth ever since. The small-car-sized spacecraft is now preparing for its single most challenging a...
Braking news! Time for ESA’s Hera asteroid mission to go slow ESA · 7 Oct 2026 Launched two years ago today, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has been hurtling away from Earth ever since. The small-car-sized spacecraft is now preparing for its single most challenging a...
ArianeGroup Completes Second Themis Wet Dress Rehearsal European Spaceflight · 7 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency announced that ArianeGroup and Swedish Space Corporation completed a second wet dress rehearsal of the Themis reusable rocket demonstrator at Esrange in Sweden. ESA announced the completion of t...
Finding Hera’s way: ESA’s Flight Dynamics team into action ESA · 7 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defence mission team is preparing to light a fire in the sky. On the early morning of 15 October the small-car-sized spacecraft will burn its Orbit Control Thrusters in the dire...
When the Sun turns black ESA · 7 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Themis completes second fuelling rehearsal ESA · 7 Oct 2026 ESA’s Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator successfully completed its second ‘wet dress rehearsal’ at Esrange Space Center in Sweden on 29 September, testing the vehicle and ground procedures under representative cr...
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 2 ESA · 6 Oct 2026 International cooperation remained at the heart of ESA’s participation in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, as ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher held a series of high-level meet...
Webb captures commotion from nebula’s stellar jets ESA · 6 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Watch Sophie Adenot return to Earth ESA · 6 Oct 2026 On 7 October 2026, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and her Crew-12 crewmates will undock from the International Space Station at around 12:05 GMT/14:05 CEST to begin their journey back to Earth.
APOD: 2026 October 6 – A Complete Auroral Oval from SMILE NASA · 6 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 6 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photogra...
NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live NASA · 5 Oct 2026 NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions. An Oct. 7 undock...
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 1 ESA · 5 Oct 2026 Stronger European capabilities and deeper international cooperation were at the heart of ESA’s first day at the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye. From exploration to the contribution of...
Vacuuming the ventilation grids in Columbus ESA · 5 Oct 2026 This video was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:
ESA, CAS release first images from SMILE; officially begin science operations NASASpaceflight · 4 Oct 2026 Following its launch in May and a multi-month commissioning period, the joint European Space Agency…
ESA to pursue crew transport and space stations as European launchers come online NASASpaceflight · 3 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) recently started investigating options for a European-led space station. The…
Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission NASA · 2 Oct 2026 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut An...
A guide to blood draws in orbit ESA · 2 Oct 2026 This video was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:
Beyond the airlock - Sophie Adenot's three spacewalks ESA · 2 Oct 2026 For ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, her first steps into space were only the beginning.
Earth from Space: Typhoon Surigae ESA · 2 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
GOMX-5 successfully launched ESA · 2 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Juice’s September 2026 Earth flyby: the movie ESA · 1 Oct 2026 On 28 September 2026, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) successfully completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. Flight controllers guided the spacecraft close to our home planet to increase its velocity by 3.5 km/...
LMT Group and Novaspace partner to develop strategy for 5G/6G satellite communications hub in Latvia SpaceNews · 1 Oct 2026 Noordwijk, the Netherlands | September 22, 2026 – During the international Industry Space Days 2026 event at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, the Latvian Mobile Telephone […]

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