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ESA to Launch In-Orbit Refuelling Demonstration Mission European Spaceflight · 7 Feb 2025 The European Space Agency has announced a new initiative to design, build, and test a prototype in-orbit refuelling system for green, self-pressurizing propellants. Announced on 6 February, the In-Orbit Test of Prototype...
Earth from Space: Snow-capped Swiss Alps ESA · 7 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Earth from Space: Snow-capped Swiss Alps ESA · 7 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA endorses Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence ESA · 7 Feb 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has endorsed the United Nations' (UN) designation of 2029 as the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence.
XMM-Newton finds two stray supernova remnants ESA · 6 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Supernova remnant J0624-6948 as observed by XMM-Newton ESA · 6 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Galileo sites from pole to tropics begin migration ESA · 5 Feb 2025 In a landmark achievement, ESA successfully migrated Galileo’s Control Centres in a highly complex operation involving over 200 people from the Agency, industry and EUSPA. This milestone marked the beginning of a global...
Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards ESA · 5 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA Awards €367 Million Contract for EnVision Venus Mission Development The Launch Pad · 4 Feb 2025 ESA Awards €367 Million Contract for EnVision Venus Mission Development
ESA and Finland pave the way towards a supersite for Earth observation ESA · 4 Feb 2025 Today, ESA, the Finnish government and the Finnish Meteorological Institute took the initial steps towards establishing a ‘supersite’ for Earth observation calibration and validation in Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland.
ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf ESA · 4 Feb 2025 Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to sense the gravitationa...
Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data ESA · 4 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Webb investigates a dusty and dynamic disc ESA · 4 Feb 2025 This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month presents HH 30 in unprecedented detail. This target is an edge-on protoplanetary disc that is surrounded by jets and a disc wind, and is located in th...
Navigation Training Course now open for application! ESA · 3 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Will ESA’s ‘fair contribution’ reinvigorate Europe’s space ambitions? No, it won’t. SpaceNews · 3 Feb 2025 At a Dec. 18, 2024, ESA council briefing, the Director General, Josef Aschbacher, said the agency would strive in 2025 to “simplify’” the long-standing principle of geo-return. According to that […]
KA-BOOM ESA · 3 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Thales Alenia Space Wins €367M Contract to Build EnVision Venus Explorer European Spaceflight · 1 Feb 2025 The European Space Agency has awarded Thales Alenia Space a €367 million contract to build the EnVision probe, which will be tasked with exploring Venus. EnVision was selected for development by ESA’s Science Programme C...
Apply now for the 2025 ESA Graduate Trainee Programme ESA · 1 Feb 2025 The 2025 ESA Graduate Trainee positions are now open! If you’re passionate about engineering, science, IT or business, this is your chance to turn your dreams into reality.
Transforming ESA’s technical heart ESA · 31 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Hubble Spots a Supernova NASA · 31 Jan 2025 The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Hubble captured this image roughly two months after a supern...
Earth from Space: São Francisco River, Brazil ESA · 31 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space €862M Argonaut Moon Lander Contract European Spaceflight · 31 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency has awarded a €862 million contract to Thales Alenia Space to build the Descent Element of the agency’s Argonaut Moon lander. Designed as a multi-role lunar lander, Argonaut consists of three ma...
AVS wins study contract for ESA astrophysics mission SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 Spanish company Added Value Solutions (AVS) has won a contract for the initial phases of a ESA science mission.
Foust Forward | ESA navigates its uncertain future with NASA SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Donald Trump didn’t wait to return to the White House before he started to shake up foreign policy. In the weeks leading up to his second inauguration, Trump proposed reclaiming […]
ESA and European Commission to build quantum-secure space communications network ESA · 30 Jan 2025 Today in Brussels, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission consolidated their cooperation on the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI), marking the successful conclusion of negotiati...
Using AI for more reliable space missions ESA · 30 Jan 2025 As we prepare to go deeper into space, the demand for autonomous systems capable of operating independently from ground control and crew interactions is increasing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping up to be an ess...
Argonaut: a first European lunar lander ESA · 30 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space in Italy to lead European aerospace companies in building the Argonaut Lunar Descent Element, ESA’s first lunar lander.
ESA actively monitoring near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 ESA · 29 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) Planetary Defence Office is closely monitoring the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032.
ESA at the 17th European Space Conference - Day 2 ESA · 29 Jan 2025 The second day of the European Space Conference saw European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano join ESA Directors and the Director General on a range of panels and interactions with media.
Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6 ESA · 28 Jan 2025 Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Science, Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Space Transportation, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, and Arianespace Chief Commercial Officer, Steven Rutgers, signed the launch agreement...
ESA enlists Thales Alenia Space for mission to Venus SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2025 ESA has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract worth about $383 million in total to lead the development of EnVision, slated to launch in November 2031 on a 15-month journey to study Venus.
Signed and sealed: Envision can move towards construction ESA · 28 Jan 2025 On 28 January 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to build the Envision spacecraft. Launching in the 2030s, Envision will be the first mission to investigate Venus from i...
Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit ESA · 28 Jan 2025 Entrusted by the European Commission, ESA has signed a contract with Arianespace to secure an Ariane 6 rocket for the launch of the Sentinel-1D satellite, the fourth unit of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scheduled f...
First MetOp Second Generation satellite to launch in August ESA · 28 Jan 2025 ESA, Eumetsat, the European Commission and Arianespace have announced an agreement to advance the launch of the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, to Au...
ESA grows private investment in Europe’s space sector ESA · 28 Jan 2025 The commercialisation of space is one of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) strategic priorities. By attracting private investors to the space sector, the Agency enables European entrepreneurs and established industry to...
ESA at the 17th European Space Conference - Day 1 ESA · 28 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA and Hisdesat set to launch next-generation secure communications satellite ESA · 27 Jan 2025 Hisdesat, Spain's premier provider of secure satellite communications, is set to launch its SpainSat Next Generation I (SNG I) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 29 January from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 20:34...
Smouldering woody debris fuels air pollution over the Amazon ESA · 27 Jan 2025 A groundbreaking study, funded by ESA, reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smouldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the significant influence o...
ESA seeks modest boost to science budget SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2025 The head of ESA’s science programs says she is seeking a “very modest” increase in her budget at ESA’s upcoming ministerial meeting to fund work on future missions.
ESA Member States to Vote on Future of Space Rider in November European Spaceflight · 25 Jan 2025 ESA Member States will decide on the future of the Space Rider programme during the agency’s Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen this November, Programme Manager Dante Galli told European Spaceflight. Space Rider is a...

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