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• ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC ESA · 28 Oct 2024 ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC
• ESA Selects Four Companies to Develop Reusable Rocket Technology European Spaceflight · 28 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has selected Rocket Factory Augsburg, The Exploration Company, ArianeGroup, and Isar Aerospace to develop reusable rocket technology. On 9 October, ESA held its Future Space Transportation Award...
• Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home ESA · 28 Oct 2024 The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming their nominal status. The pair were switched on to check out all their systems, marking...
• ESA plans measures to help European space industry SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2024 ESA is proposing steps to support a space industry that has been “under pressure” recently while keeping a watchful eye on one proposed deal.
• Arianespace Envisions Post-2030 Ariane 6 Upgrades European Spaceflight · 28 Oct 2024 Arianespace has announced that potential post-Block-2 upgrades for the Ariane 6 rocket are currently under assessment. These “Block 3” improvements will likely be introduced in the 2030s if approved. During an Ariane 6 U...
• Setting the course in space: highlights from IAC 2024 ESA · 25 Oct 2024 From 14 to 18 October 2024, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) returned for its 75th edition, and ESA took on a front-centre role, from presenting Europe’s future space ambitions and showcasing major steps to...
• Thin cool surface skin boosts ocean’s carbon uptake ESA · 25 Oct 2024 New research, partially funded by ESA, reveals that the cool ‘ocean skin’ allows oceans to absorb more atmospheric carbon dioxide than previously thought. These findings could enhance global carbon assessments, shaping m...
• Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind i...
• Discussions Underway to Relax Geo-Return for European Launcher Challenge European Spaceflight · 25 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency aims to adopt a “Fair Contribution” policy for funding awarded as part of its European Launcher Challenge. If approved, funding will be allocated based on the outcome of the competition, allowin...
• 329th ESA Council: Media information session ESA · 24 Oct 2024 Watch the replay of the media briefing in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher updates journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting, held in Paris on 23 and 24 October 2024.
• First young brown dwarfs found outside the Milky Way? ESA · 23 Oct 2024 An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602.
• ESA Impact Council Edition: Your update on space achievements ESA · 22 Oct 2024 ESA Impact Council Edition: Your update on space achievements
• NASA Reveals Prototype Telescope for Gravitational Wave Observatory NASA · 22 Oct 2024 NASA has revealed the first look at a full-scale prototype for six telescopes that will enable, in the next decade, the space-based detection of gravitational waves — ripples in space-time caused by merging black holes a...
• Gateway: Life in a Lunar Module NASA · 22 Oct 2024 Teams at NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and Thales Alenia Space, including astronauts Stan Love and Luca Parmitano, came together in Turin, Italy, this summer for a test run of Gateway, humanity’s first space station...
• ESA Publishes Call for Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon European Spaceflight · 18 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has published an initial development call for a proposed radio telescope that would be built on the far side of the Moon. The Astrophysical Lunar Observatory (ALO) was first examined for possibl...
• Hubble Captures a New View of Galaxy M90 NASA · 18 Oct 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the striking spiral galaxy Messier 90 (M90, also NGC 4569), located in the constellation Virgo. In 2019, Hubble released an image of M90 created with Wide Field and Pla...
• ESA Awards OHB a €63M Contract for Ramses Planetary Defence Mission European Spaceflight · 18 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded OHB Italia an initial contract worth €63 million to develop the Ramses mission, which will study an asteroid during its close approach to Earth. In April 2029, the asteroid Apophis w...
• ESA awards contract to begin work on Ramses asteroid mission SpaceNews · 18 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.
• ESA moves forward with Apophis mission preparations ESA · 17 Oct 2024 ESA has signed a contract with OHB Italia SpA worth €63 million to begin preparatory work on the Agency’s proposed Ramses mission to the infamous asteroid Apophis.
• ESA's Open Day in the Netherlands ESA · 17 Oct 2024 On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October 2024, the European Space Agency opened the doors to the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, in the Netherlands, welcoming some 9000 visitors to its 13th annual Open Da...
• Hubble captures intricacies of R Aquarii ESA · 16 Oct 2024 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colourful close-up look at one of the most boisterous stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Hubble's images capturing its deta...
• IAC 2024 - Day 3 ESA · 16 Oct 2024 ACC meeting: strengthening relations with ESA Member States
• ESA recognition for excellent space companies ESA · 16 Oct 2024 ESA spends over 5 billion euros annually on procurement, relying on robust, high precision engineering as well as innovative ideas for its space missions, where the quality of ESA suppliers is paramount. ESA recently pre...
• HydRON: Satellites using lasers for faster data sharing ESA · 16 Oct 2024 At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan this week, ESA signed a contract for Element #1, the first phase of the HydRON Demonstration System. HydRON, which stands for High thRoughput Optical Network, is...
• EarthCARE synergy reveals power of clouds and aerosols ESA · 16 Oct 2024 With the initial images from each of the instruments aboard ESA’s EarthCARE satellite now in hand, it's time to reveal how these four advanced sensors work in synergy to measure exactly how clouds and aerosols influence...
• ESA picks Kepler-led group to develop LEO optical data relay network SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded a group led by Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator, a 36 million euro ($39 million) contract to develop a low Earth orbit optical relay network.
• Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 15 Oct 2024 With contributions from NASA, the mission will map a third of the sky in order to study a cosmic mystery called dark energy.
• Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas ESA · 15 Oct 2024 On 15 October 2024, ESA’s Euclid space mission revealed the first piece of its great map of the Universe, showing millions of stars and galaxies.
• Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA NASA · 15 Oct 2024 With contributions from NASA, the mission will map a third of the sky in order to study a cosmic mystery called dark energy. ESA (the European Space Agency) has released a new, 208-gigapixel mosaic of images taken by Euc...
• Ciseres: AI-powered satellites for rapid disaster response ESA · 15 Oct 2024 This week, at the International Aeronautics Congress in Milan, ESA officially kicked off a new project called Ciseres, a small satellite mission designed to significantly improve crisis response times using artificial in...
• ESA's Moonlight programme: Pioneering the path for lunar exploration ESA · 15 Oct 2024 Imagine a near future where services such as satellite navigation, video conferencing, and file sharing are as seamless on the Moon as they are on Earth.
• Revolutionising crisis response in Europe with Safeplace ESA · 15 Oct 2024 In an era where natural disasters and emergencies are becoming increasingly frequent and severe, ESA is taking a significant step forward in enhancing Europe's crisis management capabilities.
• Contract secures build for ESA’s Harmony mission ESA · 15 Oct 2024 ESA has awarded a contract valued at over €280 million to OHB in Germany to build ESA’s two Harmony Earth Explorer satellites.
• Comet C/2023 A3 brightens SOHO’s week ESA · 15 Oct 2024 From 7 until 13 October 2024, ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), the second brightest comet it has ever seen. Meanwhile, large amounts of material were being spewed out by the Sun (c...
• Thales to Supersize Europe’s Gateway Contribution with €164M Contract European Spaceflight · 15 Oct 2024 Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a €164 million ESA contract amendment to build a larger than originally planned ESPRIT module for NASA’s lunar Gateway space station. Europe’s contributions to Gateway were formalized...
• Gateway refuelling module gets a boost ESA · 14 Oct 2024 ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.
• D-Orbit Wins €119M ESA Contract for Satellite Life Extension Mission European Spaceflight · 14 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded D-Orbit a €119.6 million contract to conduct the agency’s first satellite life extension mission. ESA and D-Orbit signed the contract on 14 October, during the first day of the Inter...
• ESA to build first in-orbit servicing mission with D-Orbit ESA · 14 Oct 2024 ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor.
• Hera’s first images offer parting glimpse of Earth and Moon ESA · 14 Oct 2024 ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence has taken its first images using three of the instruments that will be used to explore and study the asteroids Dimorphos and Didymos.
• Juice and Europa Clipper: Dream team to Jupiter ESA · 14 Oct 2024 What’s better than one spacecraft on the quest to search for life-friendly ocean worlds in the Jupiter system? Two! ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is set to join forces with NASA’s Europa Clipper – launched on...