What is the ESA Astronaut Policy?
In April, ESA signed a letter of intent with the Swedish National Space Agency to send an ESA astronaut aboard an Axiom mission to...
EU Member States Commit to Not Test Direct-Ascent ASAT Systems
A document published by the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats outlines the commitment of 27 EU member states to ban all...
A Short Ariane 6 Hot Fire Test Has Been Postponed
ESA announced earlier today that a short hot fire test of the Ariane 6 core stage equipped with its Vulcain 2.1 engine has been...
SaxaVord Does Not Need Spaceport Licence to Launch HyImpulse Mission
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has confirmed that SaxaVord will not need a spaceport licence to host the maiden flight of the HyImpulse...
POLARIS Spaceplanes Begins Testing its MIRA-Light Vehicle
Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had begun testing its MIRA-Light demonstrator.
MIRA-Light measures 2.5 metres in length. It is a subscale version of...
ESA’s Solar Orbiter May Have Discovered the Source of Solar Wind
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered a number of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun's outer atmosphere. These jets...
SAB Orbital Vehicle Could Work in Concert With Space Rider
Italian-based space transportation company SAB Launch Services is studying ways that its IOSHEX orbital vehicle could work in concert with the European Space Agency’s...
POLARIS to Begin Testing Fourth Spaceplane Demonstrator From September
German startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has received approval for temporary restricted airspace (ED-R) to begin testing its MIRA spaceplane demonstrator over the waters of the...
HyImpulse to Debut SR75 Rocket No Earlier than December 1
A launch licence approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority on 28 July grants HyImpulse permission to launch its SR75 rocket for the first...
Arianespace to Launch Europe’s Final Mission of 2023 Aboard Vega in September
After ESA confirmed Ariane 6 would not debut until 2024 and the return to flight of Vega C suffered a setback following a failed...
