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Hubble Rings In the New Year NASA · 10 Jan 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies depicted here span a mind-bending range of distances. The objects in this image that are nearest t...
In a materials world ESA · 10 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Germany, Italy, and the UK Slash ESA Contributions by €430M European Spaceflight · 9 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency’s 2025 budget has dropped below its 2024 level after Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom collectively cut their contributions by €430 million. During his annual press briefing on 9 January, E...
ESA Director General’s Annual Press Briefing ESA · 9 Jan 2025 Watch the replay of ESA's start-of-the-year press briefing looking ahead to 2025.
Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby ESA · 9 Jan 2025 On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury for the sixth time, successfully completing the final ‘gravity assist manoeuvre’ needed to steer it into orbit around the planet in late 2026. The spa...
Los Angeles ablaze ESA · 8 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
BepiColombo to swing by Mercury for the sixth time ESA · 6 Jan 2025 On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will fly just 295 km above Mercury's surface, with a closest approach scheduled for 06:59 CET (05:59 UTC). It will use this opportunity to photograph Mercury, make uniq...
ESA to use launch competition to test georeturn reforms SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2025 An upcoming European launch competition will be an early test of efforts by ESA to modify its approach to georeturn policies.
See and hear three years of solar fireworks ESA · 3 Jan 2025 At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission over the last three years. See and hear for yourself how the number of flares and their...
ESA Targets 2035 for Second Mission to Mars European Spaceflight · 3 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency has begun work on key technology that will be used for Europe’s second mission to Mars in 2035. To date, Europe has not yet managed to land safely on the surface of the Red Planet. The Schiapare...
Robot rock at LUNA ESA · 3 Jan 2025 ESA's robots get ready to rock at LUNA.
Pale blue (supernova) dot ESA · 3 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA Director General Reaffirms Geo-Return Policy as “Fundamental” European Spaceflight · 2 Jan 2025 Speaking at a press conference following the 330th ESA Council Meeting, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher reaffirmed the importance of the agency’s geographical return (geo-return) policy amid recent calls for its ab...
ESA Council Approves Initial €7.7B 2025 Budget European Spaceflight · 30 Dec 2024 The European Space Agency Council has approved a preliminary budget of €7.7 billion for 2025, reflecting a slight decrease from the €7.79 billion allocated in 2024. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced the pre...
Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye NASA · 27 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and...
ESA Enlists Portuguese Navy Submarine to Prepare for Deep Space European Spaceflight · 25 Dec 2024 To better understand the effects of deep-space missions on crews, the European Space Agency, the Portuguese Space Agency, and the Portuguese Navy are conducting a high-fidelity isolation and confinement study aboard a su...
Beyond Gravity Delivers Key Elements of ESA’s Space Rider Vehicle European Spaceflight · 23 Dec 2024 Switzerland’s Beyond Gravity has delivered the ALEK structure for the European Space Agency’s reusable Space Rider spacecraft to the Service Module prime contractor Avio. Space Rider is an unmanned, reusable spacecraft b...
Don’t miss the final ESA Impact of the year! ESA · 23 Dec 2024 Don’t miss the final ESA Impact of the year!
World-first direct 5G connection to low Earth orbit satellite opens new era for mobile coverage ESA · 23 Dec 2024 In a world first, ESA and Telesat have successfully connected a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite to the ground using 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technology in the Ka-band frequency range, marking a crucial step towar...
ESA and NASA deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting ESA · 20 Dec 2024 Global warming is driving the rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to global sea level rise and disrupting weather patterns worldwide. Because of this, precise measurements of its changing shape are of...
ESA 2025: A fifty-years legacy of building the future ESA · 20 Dec 2024 In 1975, 10 European countries came together with a vision to collaborate on key space activities: science and astronomy, launch capabilities and space applications: the European Space Agency, ESA, was born.
Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye NASA · 20 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and...
Hera asteroid mission in your house ESA · 20 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
The ART of training ESA · 20 Dec 2024 For the first group of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve, two intensive months of Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) have come to a close. During this initial training phase, members of the ESA Astronaut Reserve Sara García Alonso f...
Happy holidays from Hera! ESA · 20 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Earth from Space: Star cities ESA · 20 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Philippines team add hypergravity for stronger bone cells ESA · 19 Dec 2024 A team of researchers from two universities in the Philippines made use of ESA’s Large Diameter Centrifuge to test the growth of bone cells in hypergravity. The results of their experiment could help improve bone implant...
Second Ariane 6 at Europe’s Spaceport ESA · 19 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA and Avio sign contracts for Vega upgrades and new launch SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 Avio has signed contracts with ESA for upgrades to the Vega rocket and its launch facilities, as well as for the launch of an Earth science mission.
Aurora Australis in Antarctica ESA · 19 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Cosmic jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of M78 ESA · 19 Dec 2024 An ethereal dance of misty clouds of interstellar dust with a myriad of distant stars and galaxies speckled like paint drops over a black canvas. This is a sonification of a breathta king image taken by ESA's Euclid spac...
ESA Awards €350M to Avio to Boost Vega C and Develop Vega E European Spaceflight · 19 Dec 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded Avio two contracts worth a total of €350 million to boost the launch cadence of Vega C and to complete the development of the company’s next-gen Vega E rocket. Vega E is a planned th...
Vega contracts for future operations and development ESA · 18 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
330th ESA Council: Media information session ESA · 18 Dec 2024 Watch the replay of the media information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) update journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting, held at...
A fall of CubeSats ESA · 18 Dec 2024 Four pioneering ESA Technology CubeSats reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the last few months. Each was only about the size of a shoebox or smaller, but despite their diminutive dimensions the missions left an outsize le...
Dreaming of a white Christmas – on Mars ESA · 18 Dec 2024 Step into the holidays with this picturesque ‘winter wonderland’ scene at the south pole of Mars, captured by ESA’s Mars Express.
Frontgrade Gaisler Leads European Initiative for Ultra Deep Sub-Micron Semiconductor Technology for Space Applications SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 Gothenburg, Sweden (16 December 2024) – Under a newly signed contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), Frontgrade Gaisler is leading an ambitious initiative to secure European sovereignty in advanced […]
Themis Reusable Rocket Takes Shape as ArianeGroup Completes Fit Check European Spaceflight · 17 Dec 2024 ArianeGroup has brought the main elements of the Themis reusable booster demonstrator together for the first time during a “full-fit check.” This milestone paves the way for the demonstrator’s inaugural test, which is ex...
ESA 2024 Highlights: flight of the Ariane 6 ESA · 17 Dec 2024 In 2024, ESA continued to drive Europe’s innovation and excellence in space, equipping the continent with advanced tools and knowledge to address global and local challenges. The year saw pioneering missions, cutting-edg...
Fit for service: Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator ESA · 17 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.

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