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Avio Launches Second Successful Vega C Flight of 2026 European Spaceflight · 15 Sep 2026 Italian launch services provider Avio has successfully completed its second Vega-C flight of 2026, deploying the European Commission’s third Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite and ESA’s FLEX mission. The Vega-C rocke...
FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch highlights ESA · 15 Sep 2026 ESA’s state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in Europe...
Relive the launch of FLEX and Sentinel-3C ESA · 15 Sep 2026 Watch the full replay of the launch of ESA’s state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite. Both were launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French G...
ESA’s FLEX mission reveals the secret glow of plants ESA · 14 Sep 2026 Plants may look still and silent, but every leaf is constantly responding to its environment.
FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for liftoff on Vega-C ESA · 14 Sep 2026 Two Earth observation satellites – ESA’s Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite, and the third satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission – are encapsulated inside the nose cone of a Vega-C launcher and are awaiting...
Vega C set to launch the ESA Sentinel-3C and FLEX missions from Kourou NASASpaceflight · 13 Sep 2026 Avio S.p.A., the Italian prime contractor, launch service provider, and launch operator for the Vega…
ESA Space Environment Report 2026 ESA · 11 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return NASA · 11 Sep 2026 Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaw...
A team of teams like never before: rehearsing a unique launch at ESA mission control ESA · 11 Sep 2026 On 15 September, two spacecraft will leave Earth together aboard the same launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou: FLEX, ESA’s photosynthesis mission, and Sentinel-3C, Copernicus’ newest satellite monitoring Earth’s o...
Name our dino – ESA’s Hera asteroid mission mascot! ESA · 10 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence has a cartoon dinosaur for its mascot – because dinos were made extinct after an asteroid impact, but while they didn't have a space agency, people...
ESA Awards The Exploration Company a €760M Space Station Cargo Contract European Spaceflight · 10 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency has awarded The Exploration Company a €760 million contract under the second phase of its European cargo return programme, covering an initial demonstration of its Nyx spacecraft and options for...
CubeSat for safer seas and cleaner orbits ready to launch ESA · 10 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Arctic isolation for science ESA · 9 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
MTM's selfie footage of BepiColombo's eight-year journey ESA · 9 Sep 2026 Witness how over the last eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been travelling through the inner Solar System and aligning itself with Mercury's orbit. So far, it has travelled 9.9 billion km and completed n...
pVega-C flight VV30 with FLEX and Sentinel-3C ESA · 9 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Vega-C flight VV30 with FLEX and Sentinel-3C ESA · 9 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Anak Krakatau eruption by Sentinel-3 ESA · 8 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA's Celeste demonstrates 5G positioning signals from low Earth orbit ESA · 7 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully demonstrated the transmission and reception of 5G positioning signals from the Celeste IOD-2 satellite in low Earth orbit, marking a key step toward integrating the worlds...
BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival with MTM separation success ESA · 7 Sep 2026 On 3 September 2026 at 15:49 CEST, the European Space Agency's BepiColombo Mission Control Team at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) received the signal they had been waiting for – BepiColombo’s Mercury Transfe...
Europe's space future in focus at the International Space Summit ESA · 7 Sep 2026 The International Space Summit, taking place in Paris, France, on 9 and 10 September, will bring together world leaders, ministers, industry representatives and astronauts at a pivotal moment for the future of space. ESA...
Isar Aerospace achieves first launch to orbit from continental Europe ESA · 5 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Media briefing ahead of FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch ESA · 4 Sep 2026 On 4 September 2026, media representatives joined an online briefing ahead of the launch of ESA’s FLEX and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites.
BepiColombo’s Mercury arrival begins - full replay ESA · 3 Sep 2026 Watch the replay of the livestream originally broadcast on 3 September as ESA/JAXA's BepiColombo mission took the first critical step towards arriving at Mercury.
Hubble's superbubble scene ESA · 3 Sep 2026 This sprawling cosmic vista and subject of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month comes from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC is the largest of the small galaxies that orbit our Milky Way galaxy. At just 160 00...
Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole ESA · 2 Sep 2026 Recent observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole. This discovery marks the first time a large regular-sided jet pattern...
Third spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 2 Sep 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir successfully completed US EVA-99 at 21:29 CEST on Tuesday 1 September. It was Sophie’s third spacewalk, and the 33rd conducted by a European astronaut.
Sentinel-3C positioned on the top of the Vespa adapter ESA · 2 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward ESA · 2 Sep 2026 Yesterday evening, during a signing ceremony at the Space for Inspiration event in Copenhagen, Denmark, the European Space Agency (ESA) and ispace-Europe celebrated the implementation of MAGPIE, set to be the first Europ...
Media briefing: BepiColombo's next milestone towards Mercury ESA · 31 Aug 2026 Rewatch the European Space Agency's 31 August 2026 online press briefing on the latest developments of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, Europe's and Japan's first mission to Mercury.
What happened this month at the European Space Agency? (August 2026) ESA · 31 Aug 2026 August was a busy month for ESA, between spectacular views, historic milestones and exciting new discoveries.
EVA-98: suiting up! ESA · 30 Aug 2026 This timelapse was published by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on social media with the following caption:
ESA awards first European Launcher Challenge contracts NASASpaceflight · 29 Aug 2026 The European Space Agency has signed the first contracts under its European Launcher Challenge, committing…
Watch Sophie Adenot’s third spacewalk live ESA · 28 Aug 2026 After two successful spacewalks on 18 August (EVA-97) and 25 August (EVA-98), watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the third time on Tuesday 1 September, during EVA-99.
Sophie Adenot's third spacewalk (U.S. Spacewalk 99) ESA · 28 Aug 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will take part in her third spacewalk during U.S. Spacewalk 99 on Tuesday 1 September. NASA live coverage will begin at 13:00 CEST, with the spacewalk expected to start at approximately 14:30...
Observing Samba and Tango’s reentries ESA · 28 Aug 2026 The final two of ESA's pioneering Cluster spacecraft, Samba and Tango, will end their journeys as they burn up in our atmosphere on 31 August and 1 September respectively. Their targeted reentries mark the end of a missi...
ESA Awards €544 Million in European Launcher Challenge Contracts European Spaceflight · 27 Aug 2026 The European Space Agency has signed the first contracts under its European Launcher Challenge, committing a combined €543.6 million to Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and PLD Space. MaiaSpace was notably not am...
First contracts kick off European Launcher Challenge ESA · 27 Aug 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury ESA · 27 Aug 2026 After eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is about to enter its Mercury Arrival Phase. On 3 September 2026, ESA’s Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) will separate from BepiColombo’s two science orbiters – the first...
Second spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 26 Aug 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:57 CEST on Tuesday 25 August. It was Sophie’s second spacewalk, and the 32nd conducted by a European astronaut.
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk NASA · 25 Aug 2026 From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) work together during a six‑hour a...

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