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Second Generation Galileo Satellite Designs Pass Critical Milestone European Spaceflight · 18 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that the development of both versions of its Galileo Second Generation satellites has reached an important milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Reviews....
Webb identifies surprising carbon-rich ingredients around young star NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2024 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international scientists studied a disk of cosmic material surrounding an extremely low-mass star....
ESA Impact 2024 – June Council Edition ESA · 17 Jun 2024 ESA Impact 2024 – June Council Edition
Preparing ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite for liftoff ESA · 17 Jun 2024 With ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite due to launch in a few weeks, the satellite is now at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California being readied for its big day. Once in orbit, this new mission will show how short-t...
Hera and its CubeSats speak with mission control ESA · 13 Jun 2024 ESA’s Hera asteroid mission and its two CubeSats interacted as if they were in space, within the foam pyramid-lined walls of the Agency’s Maxwell test chamber in the Netherlands. The trio communicated together, sharing d...
ESA-China moon cooperation could end with Chang’e-6 SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2024 European-Chinese cooperation in lunar exploration could come to an end despite successful collaboration in the ongoing Chang’e-6 mission.
Eclipse-making double-satellite Proba-3 ESA · 12 Jun 2024 Proba-3 is ESA’s – and the world’s – first precision formation flying mission. A pair of satellites will fly together relative to the Sun so that one casts a precisely-controlled shadow onto the other, to create a prolon...
Frosty volcanoes discovered in Mars’s tropics ESA · 10 Jun 2024 ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express missions have spotted water frost for the first time near Mars’s equator, a part of the planet where it was thought impossible for frost to exist.
Help us improve the ESA website ESA · 10 Jun 2024 The ESA website is a key tool to help us communicate about our activities. We want to make sure that our website meets the needs and expectations of our audience. That's why we are launching a survey to collect your feed...
ESA and Vast Forge Agreement to Explore Commercial Space Station Collaboration The Launch Pad · 9 Jun 2024 ESA and Vast Forge Agreement to Explore Commercial Space Station Collaboration
ESA and Vast to study cooperation on future commercial space stations SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with Vast to study how the agency could use and support the company’s commercial space stations.
ESA Signs Third Commercial Space Station Agreement European Spaceflight · 7 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vast to explore the possibility of crewed missions to the company’s planned commercial space stations. Signed on 6 June at the Berlin International...
Webb finds surprising ingredients around young star ESA · 6 Jun 2024 An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/Webb James Webb Space Telescope to study the disc around a young and very low-mass star. The results reveal the richest hydrocarbon chemistry seen to date in a...
Gaia: Milky Way’s last major collision was surprisingly recent ESA · 6 Jun 2024 Our galaxy has collided with many others in its lifetime. ESA’s Gaia space telescope now reveals that the most recent of these crashes took place billions of years later than we thought.
Preparing for future human spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit ESA · 6 Jun 2024 At ILA Berlin, ESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stations.
EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission ESA · 5 Jun 2024 ESA’s EarthCARE mission has completed its important ‘Launch and Early Orbit Phase’ and is ready to begin the commissioning of its four scientific instruments. The data they gather will improve our understanding of the ro...
First detection of negative ions on the Moon ESA · 5 Jun 2024 The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.
Europe’s largest ground segment updated with no user impact ESA · 5 Jun 2024 Over 200 dedicated professionals from ESA, EUSPA and European industry across four Galileo centres and seven external entities have seamlessly upgraded Galileo’s massive ground segment. In a remarkable feat of coordinati...
Towards zero-debris CubeSats ESA · 5 Jun 2024 In the past few years CubeSats revolutionised space applications in low Earth orbit, levelling the playfield and opening space to commercialisation, especially for smaller and medium companies. While their benefits are u...
ESA Publishes an Initial Call for its European Launcher Challenge European Spaceflight · 4 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has published a Request for Information call aimed at assessing the status and ambitions of current and future European launch service providers. The call is part of the preparatory stage of the...
Europe seeks to launch into clearing skies SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 As Ariane 6 and Vega C face high stakes, ESA champions space sustainability, says Josef Aschbacher, director general of ESA.
Mission complete for ESA’s OPS-SAT flying laboratory ESA · 4 Jun 2024 ESA’s experimental OPS-SAT CubeSat mission came to an end during the night of 22—23 May 2024 (CEST).
Boost! ESA · 3 Jun 2024 ESA supports Europe's space transportation visionaries and entrepreneurs through Boost! This video shows just some of the companies that have received co-funding from ESA’s Boost! programme: Orbex with its Prime launcher...
ESA & Avio Successfully Test Redesigned Vega C Motor, Eye Year-End Return to Flight The Launch Pad · 31 May 2024 ESA & Avio Successfully Test Redesigned Vega C Motor, Eye Year-End Return to Flight
ESA Launches Zero Debris Charter with 12 Countries The Launch Pad · 31 May 2024 ESA Launches Zero Debris Charter with 12 Countries
ESA lines up initial signatories for Zero Debris Charter SpaceNews · 30 May 2024 A dozen countries have signed on to a charter developed by the European Space Agency to limit the creation of orbital debris, with potentially dozens of companies to follow soon.
Webb finds most distant known galaxy ESA · 30 May 2024 Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking galaxy observed only 290 million years after the Big Bang.
Space industry faces new limits on hazardous chemicals ESA · 30 May 2024 Health and environmental challenges and regulations in ESA Member States regarding the use of hazardous chemicals are set to further impact space programmes, the space sector and its supply chains.
Fly across Nili Fossae with ESA’s Mars Express ESA · 29 May 2024 Mars’s surface is covered in all manner of scratches and scars. Its many marks include the fingernail scratches of Tantalus Fossae, the colossal canyon system of Valles Marineris, the oddly orderly ridges of Angustus Lab...
Virtual flying lessons for Hera asteroid mission ESA · 29 May 2024 As ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence goes through pre-flight testing, the system that will steer it around its target binary asteroid system is also undergoing its final checks for space.
Falcon 9 launches ESA’s EarthCARE mission SpaceNews · 29 May 2024 A Falcon 9 successfully launched an Earth science mission for Europe and Japan May 28 as part of the European Space Agency’s ongoing, if temporary, reliance on SpaceX for space access.
SpaceX has launched the EarthCARE climate research satellite for ESA and JAXA NASASpaceflight · 28 May 2024 The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s climate Tuesday, with a launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at...
ESA’s Solar Orbiter traces solar wind to its source ESA · 28 May 2024 ESA-led Solar Orbiter made the first ever connection between measurements of the solar wind around a spacecraft to high-resolution images of the Sun’s surface at a close distance. The success opens a new way for solar ph...
Launch Roundup: North Korean launch failure, Starliner CFT, EarthCARE NASASpaceflight · 27 May 2024 As the month of May transitions into June, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study the Earth’s clouds and aerosols as well as a Russian cargo ship to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) are both on this...
ESA and SpaceX Prepare to Launch EarthCARE Space Scout · 27 May 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceX are preparing to launch the long-anticipated EarthCARE mission on May 27, 2024, set to improve climate models and weather forecasts by studying Earth’s radiation budget in new d...
Five new stunning images from Euclid’s Telescope ESA · 24 May 2024 ESA’s Euclid space mission has released five unprecedented new views of the Universe. These never-before-seen images demonstrate Euclid’s remarkable ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos. Scientists are now equipp...
EU and ESA seek increased competitiveness of European space sector SpaceNews · 24 May 2024 European officials adopted a resolution to increase the competitiveness of Europe’s space industry, but members of that industry say the measure falls far short of what is needed.
ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company Commercial Cargo Program Contract The Launch Pad · 23 May 2024 ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company Commercial Cargo Program Contract
ESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views ESA · 23 May 2024 Today, ESA’s Euclid space mission releases five unprecedented new views of the Universe. The never-before-seen images demonstrate Euclid’s ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos and enable scientists to hunt for ro...
ESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views ESA · 23 May 2024 ESA is releasing a new set of full-colour images captured by the space telescope Euclid.

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