ESA opens up new Boost! initiative call to fund the development of new European space transportation services.

ESA Opens New Boost! Call to Fund Space Transportation Services

The European Space Agency has announced that it has opened a new round of funding opportunities for startups and consortia developing launch and in-orbit...
NASA has committed approximately $30 million to ESA ExoMars mission.

NASA Commit $30M for ESA Mars Mission in 2024

NASA has announced that it will provide approximately $30 million (€28 million) in 2024 to fund the development of ESA's ExoMars mission. According to...
Astos to develop GNC tools for microlauncher startups under an ESA contract.

ESA taps Astos to develop GNC tools for microlauncher startups

German space tech company Astos Solutions has won a European Space Agency contract for the "Reconfigurable Control Design Framework for Micro-Launcher" project. Announced on March...
The Vega C independent inquiry findings published on March 3 have fueled a PR headache for ESA.

Vega C independent inquiry findings fuel PR headache for ESA

On March 3, an independent inquiry formed to investigate the cause of the 20 December failure of the first commercial flight of the Avio-built...
Spanish Space Agency is approved by the country's Council of Ministers.

Spanish Space Agency Statute Approved by Council of Ministers

Spain's Council of Ministers has approved a statute regulating the activities of its recently launched national space agency. Approved on March 7, the statute...
An independent commission has identified the root cause of the December 2022 Vega C failure.

Vega C Will Not Return to Flight Until Late 2023

An independent inquiry commission investigating the loss of the Vega C VV22 mission on 21 December 2022 identified a flaw in the carbon-carbon material...
MaiaSpace secures additional ArianeGroup funding.

ArianeGroup Invest €6M More into MaiaSpace

According to public filings, ArianeGroup invested €6 million more into MaiaSpace in late January. Filings indicate that MaiaSpace issued an additional 1.5 million shares...
Airbus signs a contract with Share My Space.

Airbus to put Space Situational Awareness Startup to the Test

European aerospace and defence giant Airbus has signed a contract with French space situational awareness startup Share My Space. Under the contract, Airbus will...
Celestia Aerospace announce new nanosatellite production facility in Sabadell.

Mysterious new Celestia nanosatellite production facility announced

Spanish launch and nanosatellite manufacturing startup Celestia Aerospace announced yesterday that it had entered into an agreement with the City of Sabadell and Consorci...
We find out how progress on ESA’s Space Rider spacecraft is going from programme manager Dante Galli.

2023 ESA Space Rider update from programme manager Dante Galli

The maiden flight of ESA's reusable Space Rider spacecraft is now slated for the fourth quarter of 2024 aboard a Vega-C rocket. This represents...
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