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• A chance alignment in Lupus ESA · 3 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• Firing up HENON’s engine ESA · 3 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• Up for space ESA · 3 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA LEO Cargo Return Phase 2 to Proceed Without Geo-Return Constraints European Spaceflight · 2 Apr 2025 ESA anticipates that Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Service initiative will proceed without geo-return requirements for awardees. The LEO Cargo Return Service initiative was launched in November 2023 with the aim of sup...
• ESA Space Environment Report 2025 ESA · 1 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• Biomass cleared for fuelling ESA · 31 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite hailed as excellent ESA · 31 Mar 2025 Launched just seven months ago, ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has been proving how the New Space approach can accelerate the development of missions capable of delivering detailed temperature and humidity profiles for s...
• Airbus Awarded £150M Contract for ExoMars Lander Platform European Spaceflight · 31 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency and ExoMars prime contractor Thales Alenia Space have awarded Airbus a £150 million (€179.4 million) contract to build the landing platform for Europe’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover. In April 20...
• ESA Taps Airbus to Replace Russian Landing Platform for ExoMars Mission The Launch Pad · 30 Mar 2025 ESA Taps Airbus to Replace Russian Landing Platform for ExoMars Mission
• Spectrum takes flight and clears the launch pad ESA · 30 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landing platform ESA · 30 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to design and build the landing platform for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. In 2028, ESA will launch this ambitious exploration mission to search for past and pre...
• Airbus wins contract for ExoMars lander platform SpaceNews · 29 Mar 2025 Airbus Defence and Space will build the landing platform for ESA’s ExoMars rover, replacing a critical component originally to be provided by Russia.
• Arnaud Prost | Sky, Sea, Space | ESA Explores #12 ESA · 28 Mar 2025 Meet Arnaud Prost—aerospace engineer, professional diver, and member of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve. From flying aircraft to getting a taste of spacewalk simulation, his passion for exploration knows no bounds.
• Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment NASA · 28 Mar 2025 The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and classified as a ‘floccule...
• IRIDE first image presented at ESA–ESRIN ESA · 28 Mar 2025 The first image from a new Italian Earth observation satellite mission was published today: a high-resolution image of a strip of the Italian peninsular showing the city of Rome at a resolution of 2.66 metres. This is th...
• Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way ESA · 28 Mar 2025 For over a decade, ESA’s Gaia mission has mapped our galaxy with stunning precision—rewriting the story of the Milky Way. As its mission enters a new phase, we look back at its most groundbreaking discoveries.
• Earth from Space: Waza National Park, Cameroon ESA · 28 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA taps Thales Alenia Space to build digital twin for European agriculture SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2025 Europe has contracted Thales Alenia Space to develop a digital twin of agricultural systems, combining satellite data and crop modeling to support sustainable and climate-resilient farming practices across the continent.
• Farewell Gaia: ESA Powers Down Legendary Star-Mapping Spacecraft After Over a Decade of Service The Launch Pad · 27 Mar 2025 Farewell Gaia: ESA Powers Down Legendary Star-Mapping Spacecraft After Over a Decade of Service
• Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end ESA · 27 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy.
• ESA’s Gaia spacecraft leaves for retirement orbit ESA · 27 Mar 2025 From 25 July 2014 to 15 January 2025, the Gaia space observatory performed high-precision measurements of nearly two billion stars from its Lissajous orbit around the L2 Lagrange point, 1.5 million km from Earth.
• Webb spies a spiral through a cosmic lens ESA · 27 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• Webb sees galaxy mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe ESA · 26 Mar 2025 Using the unique infrared sensitivity of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers can examine ancient galaxies to probe secrets of the early Universe. Now, an international team of astronomers has identif...
• Watch wind whirl from the Sun ESA · 26 Mar 2025 Aside from sunlight, the Sun sends out a gusty stream of particles called the solar wind. The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission is the first to capture on camera this wind flying out from the Sun in a twisting, whirling moti...
• Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars ESA · 25 Mar 2025 As ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission flew past planet Mars it autonomously locked onto dozens of impact craters and other prominent surface features to track them over time, in a full-scale test of the self-driving te...
• ACES: time to get ready ESA · 25 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA Issues Call for European Launcher Challenge Proposals European Spaceflight · 25 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency has officially published a call for proposals for its European Launcher Challenge (ELC). Initiated in November 2023, the programme aims to support the development of new sovereign European launc...
• ESA issues call for proposals for European Launcher Challenge SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2025 ESA has officially kicked off a competition to support new launch vehicles, but the winners, if any, won’t be known for at least eight months.
• ESA Taps Spaceo-Led Consortium to Test Inflatable Satellite Deorbit System European Spaceflight · 24 Mar 2025 A consortium led by Portuguese start-up Spaceo has won a European Space Agency contract to test an inflatable drag sail designed to deorbit small satellites. Founded in 2023, Spaceo develops compact inflatable systems to...
• Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado ESA · 24 Mar 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 with a perfectly positioned, more distant spiral galaxy. Due to the close p...
• After Delays, ESA to Publish Launcher Challenge Call Next Week European Spaceflight · 22 Mar 2025 During a press briefing following the 332nd ESA Council meeting, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced that the agency will publish a call for proposals for the European Launcher Challenge in the coming week. A...
• Introducing the new ESA's hyper performance computing ESA · 21 Mar 2025 The high-performance computing (HPC) environment will be available for scientific research and technological development activities, supporting all ESA programmes as well as the researchers and small- and medium-enterpri...
• Introducing ESA's new hyper performance computing ESA · 21 Mar 2025 The high-performance computing (HPC) environment will be available for scientific research and technological development activities, supporting all ESA programmes as well as the researchers and small- and medium-enterpri...
• Andrea Patassa | Astronaut Reserve Member, Test Pilot, Spiderman? | ESA Explores #11 ESA · 21 Mar 2025 Meet Andrea Patassa—test pilot, aviator, passionate outdoor adventurer, and Member of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve.
• Inner space engineering ESA · 21 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• ESA releases strategy document that emphasizes autonomy SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency has released a strategy for its next 15 years that includes a greater emphasis on autonomy amid broader geopolitical changes.
• Hubble Captures a Neighbor’s Colorful Clouds NASA · 21 Mar 2025 Say hello to one of the Milky Way’s neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a dwarf galaxy lo...
• Earth from Space: Land of giants ESA · 21 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
• Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star NASA · 20 Mar 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlappi...
• 332nd ESA Council: Media information session ESA · 20 Mar 2025 Watch the media information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) update journalists on the key decisions from the ESA Council meeting, held at ESA Headquarters i...