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  • Juice spacecraft forming wake in solar wind ESA · 26 Sep 2024 A spacecraft in flight cannot help but change the space about it – which can pose problems. A new paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics presents a study on how ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juic...
  • Webb finds potential missing link to first stars ESA · 25 Sep 2024 Looking deep into the early Universe with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its...
  • ESA Awards Contract for Capsule Designed for Destruction European Spaceflight · 25 Sep 2024 The Spanish space technology company Deimos has been awarded a €17 million European Space Agency contract to develop a capsule designed to study the dynamics of Earth reentry. An agreement signed on 24 September awarded...
  • Italian Court Greenlights Construction of First ESA FlyEye Observatory European Spaceflight · 25 Sep 2024 An Italian court has given the green light to ESA and ASI to continue the construction of the first FlyEye observatory, rejecting an appeal by environmental associations. In late 2018, the European Space Agency (ESA) sig...
  • Highlights of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024 ESA · 20 Sep 2024 On 18–19 September, Europe’s space industry from start-up companies to large system integrators gathered at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands for Industry Space Days 2024.
  • Hubble Lights the Way with New Multiwavelength Galaxy View NASA · 20 Sep 2024 The magnificent galaxy featured in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 1559. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Reticulum, approximately 35 million light-years from Earth. The brillia...
  • ESA Taps Pangea Aerospace to Design Very High Thrust Engine European Spaceflight · 19 Sep 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded Spain’s Pangea Aerospace a contract to design a very high thrust rocket engine, which could be used to power future European heavy and super-heavy rockets. ESA published a call for i...
  • Arctic Weather Satellite’s first images capture Storm Boris ESA · 19 Sep 2024 Just a month after its launch, ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has already delivered its first images, notably capturing Storm Boris, which has been wreaking havoc across central Europe.
  • SpaceX Concludes ESA Contract With Second Galileo Mission European Spaceflight · 18 Sep 2024 SpaceX launched the second of two flights contracted by the European Space Agency to deliver four satellites to orbit for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system. The four Galileo satellites launched abo...
  • ESA seeks better coordination of European space spending SpaceNews · 18 Sep 2024 PARIS — The head of the European Space Agency wants better coordination of overall public spending on space in Europe, echoing the recommendations of a recent report. Speaking at the
  • Hubble finds more black holes in the early Universe ESA · 17 Sep 2024 With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University has found more black holes in the early Universe than ha...
  • Time to be inspired by planet Earth ESA · 17 Sep 2024 Swatch has again teamed up with ESA to give space fans a new opportunity to design a custom watch featuring breathtaking images of Earth from space.
  • Watch the livestream of Industry Space Days 2024 ESA · 17 Sep 2024 On 18–19 September, industry will meet at ESA–ESTEC in Noordwijk for ESA’s biennial Industry Space Days (ISD) event.
  • Terrae Novae: Earth orbit, Moon and Mars ESA · 17 Sep 2024 Terrae Novae is ESA’s exploration programme.
  • Ariane 6 joint update report, 16 September 2024 ESA · 16 Sep 2024 The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management of ESA, as the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, of the French space agency CNES as the launch base prime contractor, of ArianeGrou...
  • ESA tests Neuraspace traffic management services SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2024 PARIS – The European Space Agency plans to test space traffic management services offered by Portuguese startup Neuraspace. Under a contract announced Sept. 16, ESA’s Space Debris Office will integrate
  • EU Report Advocates for Scrapping ESA Geo-Return Policy European Spaceflight · 14 Sep 2024 In a report commissioned by the European Union, former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi called for ESA to scrap its geographical return policy to ensure the continent’s space industry remains competitive in the g...
  • Fly over Mercury with BepiColombo ESA · 13 Sep 2024 See Mercury in a whole new light, through the ‘eyes’ of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft, as it sped past Mercury during its latest encounter on 4 September 2024.
  • BepiColombo’s fourth Mercury flyby: the movie ESA · 13 Sep 2024 Watch the closest flyby of a planet ever, as the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft sped past Mercury during its latest encounter on 4 September 2024.
  • Hubble Examines a Spiral Star Factory NASA · 13 Sep 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo named NGC 5668. It is relatively near to us at 90 million light-years from Earth and quite accessible for astronomers to stud...
  • Ready at Kennedy ESA · 12 Sep 2024 Unboxing ESA's third European Service Module at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
  • Weak gravitational lensing: how Euclid maps dark matter ESA · 11 Sep 2024 ESA's Euclid mission is surveying the sky to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. But how can Euclid see the invisible? Watch this video to learn about the light-bending effect that enables scienti...
  • A look back at Sentinel-2C's ride into space on Vega ESA · 10 Sep 2024 The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, Sentinel-2C, has launched aboard the last Vega rocket, flight VV24, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 5 September at 03:50 CEST (4 September 22:...
  • Rosetta's legacy: how were you inspired? ESA · 10 Sep 2024 From inspiring a love for the stars to making a life-changing career move, we want to know how ESA’s Rosetta mission has shaped your life.
  • Juice confirms that Earth is habitable ESA · 10 Sep 2024 During its flyby of Earth on 20 August, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) found ingredients for life in Earth’s atmosphere.
  • Airbus Demonstrates Autonomous Sample Collection for Mars Missions European Spaceflight · 10 Sep 2024 Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated autonomous sample collection capabilities using a four-wheeled rover called Codi. Over the last three years, ESA and Airbus engineers have tested the capabilities of...
  • ESA performs targeted reentry of Cluster satellite SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 The European Space Agency successfully deorbited the first of four Cluster space science satellites Sept. 8, performing a first-of-its-kind “targeted reentry” over the South Pacific.
  • Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission ESA · 9 Sep 2024 The first satellite in ESA’s Cluster quartet safely came back down to Earth last night in a world-first ‘targeted reentry’, marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission.
  • Cluster reentry explained: world's first targeted reentry ESA · 8 Sep 2024 The first of four satellites that make up ESA’s Cluster mission is coming safely back down to Earth, marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission.
  • Czech Government Signs Agreement with Axiom for Astronaut Mission European Spaceflight · 6 Sep 2024 The Czech government has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space. The agreement will lay the groundwork for a future mission to space for Czech ESA reserve astronaut...
  • Hubble Examines a Busy Galactic Center NASA · 6 Sep 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 4709a located around 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. Hubble beautifully captures its faint halo and swirlin...
  • First metal part 3D printed in space ESA · 6 Sep 2024 ESA’s Metal 3D Printer has produced the first metal part ever created in space.
  • New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrive at NASA Kennedy NASA · 5 Sep 2024 From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key spacecraft and rocket components of NASA’s Artemis campaign to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Sept. 3,...
  • BepiColombo's best images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby ESA · 5 Sep 2024 The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing images of two special impact craters as it uses the little planet’s gravity to steer itself on cou...
  • ESA completes swan song of its Vega rocket with Sentinel-2C launch Spaceflight Now · 3 Sep 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) will soon focus on the Vega-C rocket as its small launch vehicle. Liftoff happened Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 10:50 p.m. GFT (9:50 p.m. EDT, 0150 UTC).
  • Juice's flight through Earth's radiation belts ESA · 3 Sep 2024 During its recent flyby of Earth, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) travelled through the zones of charged particles that surround our planet. These two zones are known as the Van Allen radiation belts. The inner...
  • ESA for Vega: the story ESA · 3 Sep 2024 Vega joined the family of launch vehicles at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2012. At 30-m tall the rocket weighs 137 tonnes on the launch pad and reaches orbit with three solid-propellant powered stages before th...
  • Vega for ESA: the story ESA · 3 Sep 2024 Vega joined the family of launch vehicles at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2012. At 30-m tall the rocket weighs 137 tonnes on the launch pad and reaches orbit with three solid-propellant powered stages before th...
  • Opportunities with ESA at Big Science Business Forum 2024 ESA · 3 Sep 2024 ESA is part of the Big Science Business Forum 2024 event on 1–4 October in Trieste, Italy. This is where industry and Europe’s leading science organisations, research infrastructures and their collaborators will meet to...
  • Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals ESA · 3 Sep 2024 ESA mission controllers have completed the final phase of their simulation training for the critical launch and early orbit phase, confirming that everything is ready for the launch of Sentinel-2C.

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