ArianeGroup to Transfer Responsibility for Vinci Assembly to German Subsidiary
European Spaceflight · 27 Oct 2025
ArianeGroup will transfer responsibility for the assembly of Ariane 6 Vinci upper-stage engines from Vernon, France, to Lampoldshausen, Germany. The agreement, signed on 24 October, will also see the transfer of responsi...
Second Space Resources Challenge: from concept to reality at LUNA
ESA · 24 Oct 2025
Last year, ESA invited innovators across Europe to join the second Space Resources Challenge, a competition designed to accelerate technologies that will help humankind live and work sustainably on the Moon.
ESA finalizing ministerial package
SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2025
ESA is putting the final touches on a package of programs worth 22 billion euros for next month’s ministerial conference, despite U.S. budget uncertainty and removal of one mission.
FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025
ESA · 23 Oct 2025
The European Space Agency’s Council at Ministerial Level is the time for bold vision and decisive action. In November, ESA’s Member States, Associate States, and Cooperating States will unite to elevate Europe’s role in...
Sounding the alarm: ESA introduces space environment ‘health index’
ESA · 22 Oct 2025
The congestion and pollution of Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour impacts the orbital environment in the future. To this end, the European Space Agency (ESA) is adding...
ESA-supported test leads to better in-flight connectivity
ESA · 21 Oct 2025
Better in-flight streaming and video-calling might just become more accessible thanks to a project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). Building upon the success of an experiment for a new type of antenna termin...
Coming Soon: ESA Student Internships 2026
ESA · 21 Oct 2025
Are you ready to take your first step into the space sector? The countdown has begun for the launch of the European Space Agency's 2026 Student Internship Programme, and you could be part of it. Applications open the fir...
Webb spots greedy supermassive black hole in early Universe
ESA · 20 Oct 2025
Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole within a galaxy just 570 million years after the Big Bang. Part of a class of small, very distant g...
LUNA: Europe’s Moon on Earth
ESA · 20 Oct 2025
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer walks across the dusty terrain of LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth. Nearby, ESA's Argonaut lander mock-up stands ready as he carefully navigates the simulated regolith - the dust, soil and rock...
Open Cosmos to Build Spanish Component of the Atlantic Constellation
European Spaceflight · 17 Oct 2025
UK-headquartered satellite manufacturer Open Cosmos has been selected over Deimos by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE) to build the Spanish component of the Atlantic Constellation. The Co...
Matthias Maurer during helicopter training
ESA · 16 Oct 2025
ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
Thomas Pesquet during helicopter training
ESA · 16 Oct 2025
ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
Samantha Cristoforetti during helicopter training
ESA · 16 Oct 2025
ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
Alexander Gerst during helicopter training
ESA · 16 Oct 2025
ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer during helicopter training
ESA · 16 Oct 2025
ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany's federal defence forces. They participated in a three...
ESA Awards Contract for Reusable Rocket Stage Recovery Vessel
European Spaceflight · 16 Oct 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the design of a reusable rocket stage recovery vessel to the Italian aerospace and defence systems company Ingegneria Dei Sistemi (IDS). The project is part of a...
Flying through the biggest solar storm ever recorded
ESA · 15 Oct 2025
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA’s mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, this nightmare unfo...
ESA Exploration Biobank in Portugal Receives First Human Samples
European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2025
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Exploration Biobank in Lisbon, Portugal, has received an initial batch of 1,422 samples, which will be used to validate the facility’s workflow. In July, ESA awarded a €300,000, 24-month...
ESA drives growth in Spanish positioning and timing industry with NAVISP
ESA · 13 Oct 2025
Following a call by the European Space Agency (ESA), nine projects have been selected in close coordination with the Spanish Space Agency (AEE) for funding under ESA’s Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP)....
The Netherlands Commits to “Maintain” ESA Contribution Levels Through 2028
European Spaceflight · 11 Oct 2025
The Dutch government has decided to contribute €344.3 million to European Space Agency (ESA) over the next three years. The government also announced that, with the addition of its national space programmes, the country...
Ensuring the accuracy of ESA’s FORUM climate mission
ESA · 9 Oct 2025
The European Space Agency’s upcoming FORUM mission is set to provide unique insights into Earth’s radiation budget, filling in a missing piece in the climate puzzle. The mission’s spectrometer will be the first space-bas...