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• ESA to set up committee to study human space exploration options SpaceNews · 17 Feb 2022 The European Space Agency will establish a committee with representatives from both inside and outside the space industry to develop options for a European human space exploration program.
• ESA to host flagship office to coordinate global climate models SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2022 The European Space Agency announced plans Feb. 9 to host an international office to coordinate global climate modeling efforts for at least five years.
• Webb arrives in orbit of L2, teams look ahead to five months of commissioning NASASpaceflight · 24 Jan 2022 The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully inserted itself into its orbit at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2 (L2), doing so at 2:05 pm EST (19:05 UTC) on January 24, 2022. The insertion into...
• ESA looks to space summit to endorse human spaceflight efforts SpaceNews · 20 Jan 2022 The head of the European Space Agency says he hopes an upcoming space summit provides a political endorsement for major European space initiatives, including a human space exploration program.
• ESA considering moving up radar satellite launch after Sentinel-1B malfunction SpaceNews · 18 Jan 2022 The European Space Agency is considering accelerating the launch of a new Earth science satellite after an existing one malfunctioned last month and remains out of service.
• New research from ESA’s CHEOPS observatory reveals rugby ball shape of strange exoplanet NASASpaceflight · 16 Jan 2022 Exoplanets all over the universe come in different sizes, compositions, colors, and temperatures. However, they typically don’t come in different shapes, as nearly every single planet ever discovered is thought to be sph...
• James Webb Space Telescope fully deploys, Northrop Grumman marks sunshield success NASASpaceflight · 9 Jan 2022 At 18:17 UTC on January 8, 2022, the joint NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully deployed the starboard wing of its massive 6.5-meter mirror — m...
• James Webb Space Telescope en route to L2; deployment sequence underway NASASpaceflight · 27 Dec 2021 Following a launch on December 25 atop an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is currently traveling toward the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2), where it is expected to orbit an...
• NASA, ESA, CSA successfully launch the historic James Webb Space Telescope NASASpaceflight · 24 Dec 2021 It is a mission more than 25 years in the making. The revolutionary JWST (James Webb Space Telescope)—a partnership between NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency), and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency)— has launched atop it...
• ESA moving ahead on new Copernicus missions despite lack of U.K. agreement SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2021 With a deadline for an agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on British involvement in, and funding for, Copernicus come and gone, the European Space Agency is pressing ahead on several missions in...
• Themis tanking test marks milestone in ESA’s path to reusability NASASpaceflight · 8 Dec 2021 The ESA (European Space Agency) has taken a major step towards developing reusable rockets with the completion of a series of tanking tests for its Themis vehicle, which will serve as a testbed for the agency to experime...
• Unfolding the universe: the commissioning process of the James Webb Space Telescope NASASpaceflight · 21 Nov 2021 This December, an Ariane 5 rocket will launch from Kourou, French Guiana carrying the most complicated telescope ever developed — the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. However, when the telescope launches, i...
• ESA ministers approve strategy to work on terrestrial and space safety issues SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2021 The member states of the European Space Agency have endorsed a strategy to support work on terrestrial and space safety issues while also planning for future space exploration projects.
• The mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope: looking into the past NASASpaceflight · 13 Nov 2021 When the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope launches atop an Ariane 5 rocket this December, it will carry with it one of the largest telescopic mirrors ever developed. Considerably larger than the Hubble Space...
• SpaceX Dragon delivers astronauts to space station ahead of schedule Teslarati · 11 Nov 2021 Crew Dragon Endurance has delivered four Crew-3 NASA and ESA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) half an hour ahead of...
• Teams evaluate Hubble safe mode event, history of telescope leads to JWST NASASpaceflight · 2 Nov 2021 Thirty-one years after its launch, and 12 years after its most-recent servicing mission, the NASA/ European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope remains in safe mode on orbit as operators work to determine why the i...
• SpaceX given green light to launch Crew-3 mission to ISS, Crew-2’s return date set NASASpaceflight · 26 Oct 2021 Having completed the Flight Readiness Review for the United States Crew Vehicle 3 (USCV-3) mission, NASA, ESA, JAXA, and SpaceX teams have given the green light for Crew-3 to launch on October 31 at 02:21 EDT (06:21 UTC)...
• BepiColombo completes first Mercury flyby, science provides insight into planet’s unique environment NASASpaceflight · 24 Oct 2021 On October 1, 2021, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo spacecraft successfully performed its first flyby of the solar system’s innermost planet, Mercury. The f...
• ESA welcomes Webb in French Guiana for launch on Ariane 5 ESA · 12 Oct 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbour in French Guiana. ESA in close collaboration with NASA will now prepare this once in a generation mission for its launch on Ariane 5 from Europe's Sp...
• BepiColombo's first views of Mercury ESA · 2 Oct 2021 The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has captured its first views of its destination planet Mercury as it swooped past in a close gravity assist flyby last night.
• SpaceX and NASA beginning final preparations for Crew-3 mission NASASpaceflight · 1 Oct 2021 With the launch just weeks away, SpaceX, NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are making final preparations for the third operational Crew Dragon mission. Crew-3 will be the third long-duration mission flown by Spac...
• Tiger Team solves mystery of Euclid's galaxy speed camera ESA · 29 Sep 2021 When tested in space-like conditions, the instrument on ESA's Euclid space telescope set to measure the velocities of fast-receding galaxies abruptly stopped operating. Blindsided, the mission team feared it might take w...
• ESA to be anchor customer on commercial lunar satellite SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2021 The European Space Agency has signed a contract with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to be the anchor customer on a commercial lunar communications satellite that company is developing.
• NASA Coverage of Rescheduled Spacewalk Preparing for New Solar Array NASA · 3 Sep 2021 Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk Sunday, Sept. 12.
• BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter collect data on Venus during historic double flyby NASASpaceflight · 29 Aug 2021 On August 9, 2021, the joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft performed a flyby of Venus, coming within 7,995 km of the Venusian surface. Just 33 hours later, on August 10, the joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft flew...
• ESA pursuing European space summit to discuss new flagship space programs SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2021 The head of the European Space Agency says plans are moving forward to host a European space summit early next year to discuss proposals for new major space initiatives.
• ExoMars 2022 mission in final testing, ESA & Roscosmos prepare for approaching launch NASASpaceflight · 21 Aug 2021 The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos are preparing for the 2022 launch of the next mission in their joint ExoMars program, which is currently undergoing final testing before shipment to Kazakhstan for a launch i...
• Previewing EnVision: ESA’s newest mission to Venus NASASpaceflight · 14 Jul 2021 On June 10, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that they had selected their next mission to Venus — EnVision. The mission, set to operate alongside NASA’s newly announced DAVINCI+ and VERITAS missions, will study...
• NASA and ESA sign agreement on climate science cooperation SpaceNews · 14 Jul 2021 NASA and the European Space Agency have agreed to cooperate on future Earth science missions and related activities in an effort to better understand climate change.
• NASA, ESA Partner in New Effort to Address Global Climate Change NASA · 13 Jul 2021 NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have formed a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to observe Earth and its changing environment.
• La NASA y la ESA se asocian en un nuevo esfuerzo para abordar el cambio climático global NASA · 13 Jul 2021 La NASA y la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA, por sus siglas en inglés) han formado una asociación estratégica única en su tipo para observar la Tierra y su entorno cambiante.
• ESA resumes ExoMars parachute tests SpaceNews · 9 Jul 2021 The European Space Agency has resumed tests of the parachutes for its ExoMars lander, a system whose problems contributed to a two-year delay in the mission’s launch.
• James Webb passes critical mission review for 2021 launch, final testing nearing completion NASASpaceflight · 7 Jul 2021 The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has passed its critical final mission analysis review — clearing the way for a late 2021 launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana on an Arianes...
• Unique exoplanet photobombs CHEOPS study of nearby star system ESA · 28 Jun 2021 While exploring two exoplanets in a bright nearby star system, ESA's exoplanet-hunting CHEOPS satellite has unexpectedly spotted the system's third known planet crossing the face of the star. This transit reveals excitin...
• EU and ESA proclaim “fresh start” in space cooperation SpaceNews · 23 Jun 2021 The European Space Agency and European Union said the signing of a long-delayed partnership agreement heralded the start of a new and more cooperative relationship.
• ESA/NASA complete ISS spacewalk to install first new solar array NASASpaceflight · 20 Jun 2021 Two astronauts went outside the International Space Station (ISS) to complete installation of the first of six new Boeing-built solar arrays — part of a program to increase the station’s electrical power generation capac...
• ESA and EU to sign partnership agreement SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 ESA and the EU will sign an agreement next week governing their work on joint projects, one that the agency says will allow ESA members who are not part of the EU to participate on those projects.
• ESA/NASA astronauts complete scaled-back spacewalk to install new solar array on ISS NASASpaceflight · 16 Jun 2021 Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) to attempt to install the first of six new Boeing-built solar arrays — part of a program to increase the station’s electrical power generation capacit...
• ESA selects radar probe to join armada of Venus missions Spaceflight Now · 13 Jun 2021 A week after NASA selected two robotic missions for launch to Venus in the late 2020s, the European Space Agency has announced its own orbiter will launch to Venus as soon as 2031 with two radars and three spectrometer i...
• Voyage 2050 sets sail: ESA chooses future science mission themes ESA · 11 Jun 2021 ESA's large-class science missions for the timeframe 2035-2050 will focus on moons of the giant Solar System planets, temperate exoplanets or the galactic ecosystem, and new physical probes of the early Universe.