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Inside ESA’s vision with Josef Aschbacher
SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025
In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we're at the World Space Business Week in Paris. In today's episode, SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Spa...
RISE: ESA’s mission extender in geostationary orbit
ESA · 15 Sep 2025
An essential part of ESA’s Space Safety programme is dedicated to getting and keeping Earth’s orbits clean from space debris. In the long run, the Agency aspires to stimulate a true circular economy in space, minimising...
A Brief Outburst
NASA · 12 Sep 2025
The NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captured this extreme ultraviolet wavelength image of the Sun on Feb. 24, 2015, during a three-hour period in which our closest star blew out a coronal ma...
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster
NASA · 12 Sep 2025
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image 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-years away in the const...
Europe celebrates 30 years of satellite navigation
ESA · 12 Sep 2025
On 2 September 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) opened the doors of ESTEC, its research and technology centre, to celebrate 30 years of European satellite navigation. Partners from across the continent gathered for...
New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea
NASA · 11 Sep 2025
Sea surface height data from the Sentinel-6B satellite, led by NASA and ESA, will help with the development of marine weather forecasts, alerting ships to possible dangers. Because most global trade travels by ship, accu...
ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Lander
European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2025
Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe has completed the Mission Definition Review for the European Space Agency’s MAGPIE lunar lander mission. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE) is designed t...
ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Rover
European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2025
Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe has completed the Mission Definition Review for the European Space Agency’s MAGPIE lunar rover mission. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE) is designed to...
Plato arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat
ESA · 11 Sep 2025
The European Space Agency’s Plato spacecraft has safely arrived at ESTEC, ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands. There, engineers will complete the spacecraft by connecting its solar panels and sunshield, and carry ou...
ESA deploys new fully European ground-based atomic clock
ESA · 7 Sep 2025
As part of an effort coordinated by the European Space Agency (ESA), Safran has released the first ultra-precise active hydrogen maser technology, entirely developed and designed in Europe.
Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See
NASA · 5 Sep 2025
While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy with plenty to study. The galaxy, NGC 7456, is located over 51 millio...
Estonia celebrates 10 years in ESA
ESA · 5 Sep 2025
Estonia marked its 10th anniversary in the European Space Agency alongside the plenary session of the European Interparliamentary Space Conference on 4 September.
Galileo ‘daughter mission’ name revealed: Celeste
ESA · 4 Sep 2025
Following the announcement of the upcoming launch of LEO-PNT’s first satellites, ESA has now unveiled the name of the mission. Celeste, as it has been officially designated, will test the potential of a new, low Earth or...
Galileo ‘daughter mission’ name revealed: Celeste
ESA · 4 Sep 2025
Following the announcement of the upcoming launch of LEO-PNT’s first satellites, ESA has now unveiled the name of the mission. Celeste, as it has been officially designated, will test the potential of a new, low Earth or...
ESA observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
ESA · 3 Sep 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) reacted promptly to the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025. Soon after they were alerted to its existence by automated detection systems, ESA astronomers began using ground-based t...
Hubble Homes in on Galaxy’s Star Formation
NASA · 29 Aug 2025
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a galactic tug of war. Located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, the spiral galaxy Messier...
Dusty wisps round a dusty disc
ESA · 29 Aug 2025
For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a fantastic new view of IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disc located about 525 light-years away in a dark cloud within...
Izaña-2 joins the laser game to track space debris
ESA · 28 Aug 2025
In Tenerife, Spain, stands a unique duo: ESA’s Izaña-1 and Izaña-2 laser-ranging stations. Together, they form an optical technology testbed of the European Space Agency that takes the monitoring of space debris and sate...
ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration
ESA · 27 Aug 2025
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has requested funding to participate in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses).
Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly
ESA · 27 Aug 2025
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in the core of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. From the dense, dusty torus that surrounds the star hidden at the centre of the nebula to its outflowing...
Avio and Isar Aerospace Win ESA Flight Ticket Initiative Launch Contracts
European Spaceflight · 27 Aug 2025
The European Space Agency has awarded launch service contracts to Avio and Isar Aerospace under its Flight Ticket Initiative. Announced in October 2023, the Flight Ticket Initiative is a programme run jointly by ESA and...
ESA wraps up 300-million-kilometre optical communication campaign
ESA · 26 Aug 2025
Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories on Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission. All four optical links were successful.
ESA data records help underpin climate change report
ESA · 25 Aug 2025
According to the newly released 35th State of the Climate report, 2024 saw record highs in greenhouse gas concentrations, global land and ocean temperatures, sea levels, and ocean heat content. Glaciers also suffered the...
Hubble Observes Noteworthy Nearby Spiral Galaxy
NASA · 22 Aug 2025
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers a new view of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2835, which lies 35 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra (the Water Snake). The galaxy’s spiral arms are dotted...
ESA Increases Mars Ambitions with Mars Transportation Infrastructure
Space Scout · 18 Aug 2025
As the European Space Agency (ESA)'s ExoMars/Rosalind Franklin Mission prepares for its 2028 launch, the agency is looking forward to future Mars science and exploration needs with an eye towards increasing European spac...