The Exploration Company Tests Key Component of Typhoon Rocket Engine
The Exploration Company has successfully completed a six-week test campaign of the oxygen-rich preburner for its Typhoon rocket engine.
With co-financing from the French space...
Thales Alenia Space Ships Key Component for Mars Sample Return Mission
Thales Alenia Space has shipped the Orbit Insertion Module for the European Space Agency's Earth Return Orbiter from its facilities in Turin to Airbus...
ASI Awards New Lunar Habitat Contract to Thales Alenia Space
The Italian Space Agency has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract for the preliminary design of its Multi-Purpose Habitat, which will serve as a...
Dassault CEO Pushing for VORTEX to be Adopted as an ESA Project
Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier has revealed that the company expects its VORTEX spaceplane project to be adopted as a European Space...
ESA Establishes Human and Robotic Exploration Biobank in Portugal
The European Space Agency has selected the Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine in Lisbon, Portugal, to host its new Human and Robotic Exploration Biobank.
In...
Genesis SFL Secures €300,000 to Develop Gen Re-Entry Capsule
Croatia-based Genesis Space Flight Laboratories has secured €300,000 in pre-seed funding to begin the development of GEN, a spacecraft designed to carry out frequent...
ESA Recertifies ExoMars Parachutes After Years in Storage
The European Space Agency announced on 21 July that it had retested a pair of parachutes designed to enable its Rosalind Franklin rover to...
ESA Finally Kicks Off Flying Engine Testbed Project Following ITT Reissue
The European Space Agency has tapped UK-based Frazer-Nash to begin work on a Mach 5-capable flying testbed that will be used to test technology...
SpaceForest Expands Launch Plans with Portuguese Island Agreement
Poland-based rocket builder SpaceForest has signed an agreement with the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium to launch its Perun rocket from the Portuguese island of Santa...
The Exploration Company Tests Thruster for Nyx Moon Lunar Lander
Space transportation startup The Exploration Company has announced the successful first test firing of its Breeze thruster, which will be used aboard its Nyx...














