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From drone flight to sounding rocket
ESA · 30 Jul 2026
A drone carrying an unusual payload recently took to the skies above ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s technical centre in the Netherlands, marking the first test flight of a student-developed radar retroreflector techn...
ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module
SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar Link, a communications system developed for NASA’s now-paused Gateway space station, as […]
Meet space startups at ESA’s Industry Space Days
ESA · 27 Jul 2026
Startup companies which have come up with brilliant ideas for using space will join the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Industry Space Days (ISD) event on 16–17 September at ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands.
ESA Ground Station in Spain Cleared to Return to Service After Wildfire Threat
European Spaceflight · 27 Jul 2026
The European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher announced on 26 July that the agency had cleared its Cebreros deep-space ground station in Spain to return to service after inspections confirmed that the facil...
ESA Awards ispace €65M Contract to Build and Deliver MAGPIE Rover to the Moon
European Spaceflight · 24 Jul 2026
ESA has awarded a contract to Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe to complete the development of the MAGPIE lunar rover and deliver it to the surface of the Moon in 2029. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Expl...
Watch the total solar eclipse with ESA in León
ESA · 23 Jul 2026
Discover the science behind one of nature's most extraordinary phenomena and experience a total solar eclipse with the European Space Agency (ESA), the City of León and the University of León.
Improved reporting needed on forest carbon emissions
ESA · 22 Jul 2026
More analysis is needed to ensure that tropical forest degeneration and regeneration are consistently reported in carbon cycle models and in national reporting, according to a study funded in part by ESA's Climate Change...
Plato's electronics ready for space
ESA · 20 Jul 2026
The European Space Agency’s terrestrial planet hunter Plato has recently completed a series of key tests inside the Maxwell Test Chamber at ESTEC, demonstrating that its electronic equipment is fit to work in space.
Artemis II crew at ESTEC
ESA · 20 Jul 2026
The four Artemis II astronauts visited ESTEC, ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands, on 13 July as the first stop in a series of post-flight visits to the European teams that made their mission possible.
From system to signal at ESA’s Navigation Training Course
ESA · 20 Jul 2026
From 22-26 June, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore the fundamentals of global navigation satelli...
ESA Academy’s Navigation Training Course
ESA · 17 Jul 2026
From 22-26 June 2026, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore the fundamentals of global navigation sa...
ESA Selects Ariane 6 to Launch Deep Space CubeSat
European Spaceflight · 16 Jul 2026
The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to launch its solar storm-monitoring CubeSat on an Ariane 6 rocket. Scheduled for launch in early 2027, the Henon CubeSat will be flown as a secondary passenger alongside...
Expedition Sound podcast series
ESA · 16 Jul 2026
Expedition Sound is a podcast series by the European Space Agency (ESA) in which you’re invited to explore the Universe through your ears. Guided by sonifications – the translation of data into sound – host Zsófi Szalavá...
Artemis II astronauts visit ESA
ESA · 14 Jul 2026
Yesterday, the four Artemis II astronauts visited ESA’s technical site in the Netherlands, where they met the team behind the European Service Module that powered their Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to...
ESA releases 2026 Space Economy Report
ESA · 13 Jul 2026
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newly released Space Economy Report gives a comprehensive overview of the latest developments shaping Europe's space sector.
ESA and Poland to establish a new civil security and resilience centre in Warsaw
ESA · 13 Jul 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Republic of Poland have announced that a new ESA centre focusing on civil security and resilience will be located in Warsaw, supporting the efficient and coordinated development of...
ESA welcomes new UK space and defence gateway
ESA · 13 Jul 2026
His Majesty King Charles III visited the UK’s largest space cluster on 10 July to launch a new initiative designed to shape the future of the space and defence economy.
AMAT: charting ESA’s path through the Solar System
ESA · 13 Jul 2026
Every space mission starts with a question: how do we get there? At ESA, Advanced Mission Analysis Tools (AMAT) is helping mission analysts answer it, providing a modern, flexible environment for designing complex trajec...
Poland to Host New ESA Center Dedicated to Civil Security and Resilience
The Launch Pad · 13 Jul 2026
WARSAW, Poland — In a major geopolitical and industrial milestone, Poland has been selected to host the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first-ever facility located in an Eastern European member state. The…
ESA Taps Spain’s EMXYS to Build €10M Don Quijote Asteroid Lander
European Spaceflight · 11 Jul 2026
The European Space Agency has awarded Spanish satellite manufacturer EMXYS a contract to build a small lander that will attempt to touch down on the surface of an asteroid ahead of its close encounter with Earth. Apophis...
Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow
ESA · 9 Jul 2026
Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar s...