CNES to Flight Test Early Prototype of a European Spacesuit
The French space agency CNES has published a call for the development, manufacture, and flight testing of an early prototype of a European intravehicular...
Student-led Group Performs Europe’s First Reusable Rocket Hop
A reusable rocket demonstrator built by a group of students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Switzerland has successfully completed a...
ESA Publishes Call for Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
The European Space Agency has published an initial development call for a proposed radio telescope that would be built on the far side of...
ESA Awards OHB a €63M Contract for Ramses Planetary Defence Mission
The European Space Agency has awarded OHB Italia an initial contract worth €63 million to develop the Ramses mission, which will study an asteroid...
Sirius Space Completes STAR-1 Hot Fire Test Campaign
French launch startup Sirius Space Services announced on 17 October that it had completed a hot fire test campaign of the thrust chamber for...
Avio to Continue MR10 Rocket Engine Testing This Month
Italian rocket builder Avio has announced that it plans to test-fire its MR10 methalox rocket engine in the coming weeks.
The MR10 engine is...
OroraTech Secures €25M Series B to Expand Wildfire Monitoring Service
Munich-based startup OroraTech has closed a €25 million Series B funding round that it will utilize to expand its wildfire monitoring service into new...
Thales to Supersize Europe’s Gateway Contribution with €164M Contract
Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a €164 million ESA contract amendment to build a larger than originally planned ESPRIT module for NASA's lunar...
D-Orbit Wins €119M ESA Contract for Satellite Life Extension Mission
The European Space Agency has awarded D-Orbit a €119.6 million contract to conduct the agency's first satellite life extension mission.
ESA and D-Orbit signed the...
CNES Contracts Cegelec for Common Systems of Microlauncher Launch Complex
The French space agency CNES has selected Cegelec Projets Espace to design and manufacture the cryogenic and conventional fluid systems for the new Guiana...