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Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space ESA · 8 Oct 2025 Last month, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in...
ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS ESA · 7 Oct 2025 Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars.
Poland Adds Fourth Satellite to CAMILA Earth Observation Constellation European Spaceflight · 7 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA), on behalf of the Polish Government, has awarded a contract extension to Creotech Instruments for the development and launch of a fourth satellite for the country’s CAMILA Earth observatio...
ESA to Procure ISS Cargo Service to Meet Common Cost Obligations European Spaceflight · 6 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a call for proposals outlining its intention to purchase commercial cargo transportation services to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, which must be completed...
Large Space Simulator gets a digital twin ESA · 6 Oct 2025 The Large Space Simulator, Europe’s largest vacuum chamber, routinely reproduces space conditions on Earth to test spacecraft before they fly into orbit. The facility is complex, and the current process of training a new...
Navigating through interference at Jammertest ESA · 6 Oct 2025 Satellite navigation is essential to everything from tracking your morning jog to landing air ambulances. But as reliance on satellite navigation grows, so do the risks associated with its interruption, natural or intent...
ESA inaugurates new deep space antenna in Australia SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency has inaugurated a new deep space antenna in Australia as part of efforts to strengthen ties between Europe and Australia in space.
ESA inaugurates deep space antenna in Australia ESA · 4 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has expanded its capability to communicate with scientific, exploration and space safety missions across our Solar System with the inauguration of a new 35-m diameter deep space antenna –...
Earth from Space: Kilauea lava lake, Hawaii ESA · 3 Oct 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Fly over Xanthe Terra with Mars Express ESA · 2 Oct 2025 ESA’s Mars Express takes us on another mesmerising flight over curving channels carved by water, islands that have resisted erosion, and a maze of hilly terrain.
Advancing Europe’s quantum secure communications from space ESA · 1 Oct 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €50 million contract with aerospace company Thales Alenia Space to begin the preliminary design phase of the Security And cryptoGrAphic (SAGA) mission. This agreement enables...
ESA at IAC 2025 - highlights from Day 3 ESA · 1 Oct 2025 The third day of the 76th International Astronautical Congress was again full of interactions between the European Space Agency and international partners.
From inner to outer space ESA · 1 Oct 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA and Avio Unveil Plans for Reusable Upper Stage Rocket, Echoing SpaceX’s Starship Design NASASpaceflight · 30 Sep 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian aerospace company Avio have signed a €40 million…
ESA Impact ESA · 30 Sep 2025 ESA Impact
ESA at IAC 2025 - highlights from Day 2 ESA · 30 Sep 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Australian Space Agency (ASA) will pursue new ways of working together following discussions during the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, Australia.
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster NASA · 29 Sep 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Sept. 12, 2025, features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light...
Webb studies moon-forming disc around massive planet ESA · 29 Sep 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming disc encircling a large exoplanet. The carbon-rich disc surroundi...
IAC 2025 - One-to-one with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher ESA · 29 Sep 2025 Watch the one-to-one interview with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), extracted from Plenary 1 of the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025). In this session, he shares...
ESA and Avio to study reusable upper stage SpaceNews · 29 Sep 2025 The European Space Agency and Avio have signed a contract to begin design work on a reusable upper stage for future Vega or other European rockets.
Avio Wins €40M ESA Contract to Design Reusable Upper Stage Demo European Spaceflight · 29 Sep 2025 The European Space Agency has awarded Italian rocket builder Avio a €40 million contract to design a reusable rocket stage demonstrator. ESA first published a call for the Phase 1 development of a reusable rocket upper s...
ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission ESA · 29 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy NASA · 26 Sep 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that’s hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, which lies 67 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer (the Crab). NGC 2775 sports a...
ESA shares stage with international partners at IAC 2025 ESA · 26 Sep 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) is participating in the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will open its doors on Monday 29 September and last until Friday 3 October in Sydney, Australia. Over 8000 pa...
Earth from Space: Northeast Greenland National Park ESA · 26 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Pulse: ESA’s new approach to flying satellites ESA · 25 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Galileo R&D tests new uplink antenna ESA · 25 Sep 2025 Galileo relies on ground-based uplink stations (ULS) to maintain accurate positioning for users worldwide. These stations transmit essential data to the satellites, including the information required to compute the satel...
Webb explores largest star-forming cloud in our galaxy ESA · 24 Sep 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colourful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud, the most massive and active star-forming region in our M...
ESA backs Skynopy to bring adaptive modulation to Earth observation satellites SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2025 Skynopy, a French ground station startup, said Sept. 24 it has won a European Space Agency contract to help commercialize adaptive modulation technology that it claims can double satellite data download rates.
ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission ESA · 23 Sep 2025 After meticulous preparation and rigorous evaluation, ESA’s Member States have selected WIVERN to become the 11th Earth Explorer mission to be implemented through the agency’s prestigious FutureEO programme.
Europe’s future space transport ecosystem ESA · 22 Sep 2025 ESA’s future launcher preparatory programme is crafting a space transportation ecosystem, guiding the companies and engineers of today to develop and test the technologies required to meet future needs.
Mars’s atmospheric mille-feuille ESA · 22 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
XRISM observes windy neutron star, Chandra studies a luminous quasar NASASpaceflight · 21 Sep 2025 Using the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA X-Ray…
ArianeGroup Completes Themis Integration Ahead of Combined Tests European Spaceflight · 19 Sep 2025 ArianeGroup has announced that the first Themis reusable rocket demonstrator has been fully integrated and is on its own four legs on a launch pad in Sweden. The demonstrator will now be put through a combined test campa...
Hubble Images Celestial Cigar’s Smoldering Heart NASA · 19 Sep 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new details in Messier 82 (M82), home to brilliant stars whose light is shaded by sculptural clouds made of clumps and streaks of dust and gas. This image features the s...
Earth from Space: Komodo Island, Indonesia ESA · 19 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Themis stands on the launch pad ESA · 19 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Phoebus: keeping cool with oxygen ESA · 18 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Keys to the Moon: ESA hands over third European Service Module ESA · 16 Sep 2025 Teams from ESA, Airbus, NASA and Lockheed Martin stand before the service module for Artemis III at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
A cell’s-eye view of altered gravity and ageing ESA · 16 Sep 2025 Muscle weakening, bone density loss and an impaired immune system: the systemic health impacts of spaceflight bear many similarities to ageing. Sharon van Rijthoven, a student from Delft University of Technology and Vrij...

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