ESA Director Says Europe Has the Capabilities to Replace NASA Contributions
The European Space Agency’s Director of Science, Carole Mundell, has explained that Europe has the technical capabilities to replace NASA contributions to its science...
Czechia Selects Experiments for Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS
The Czech Ministry of Transport has selected 14 experiments to be conducted by Aleš Svoboda during an Axiom-managed mission to the International Space Station.
In...
Giant Dome Door Fitted to Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope
Construction of the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope has reached a significant milestone with the successful installation of one of the dome’s two...
Portugal’s Astronaut for a Day Initiative Achieves Key Diversity Milestone
The Portuguese Space Agency has announced that its Astronaut for a Day initiative has reached a key diversity milestone, attracting more female applicants than...
Sentinel-2A Given One-Year Exceptional and Temporary Extension
The European Space Agency has announced that the Sentinel-2A satellite has received a one-year extension, delaying its planned retirement.
As part of the European Commission's...
ESA Enlists Portuguese Navy Submarine to Prepare for Deep Space
To better understand the effects of deep-space missions on crews, the European Space Agency, the Portuguese Space Agency, and the Portuguese Navy are conducting...
Intuitive Machines to Carry ESA Prospect Payload to Lunar Surface
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines a $116.9 million contract to carry six payloads to the surface of the Moon aboard its Nova-C lunar lander....
ESA’s Icy Moons Explorer Racks Up Two World Firsts
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft has completed the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby and the first-ever double gravity assist manoeuvre. Following its...
ESA Announces Ramses Mission to Study Asteroid’s Close Flyby of Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the commencement of preparatory work on Ramses, the agency's planetary defence mission.
The Rapid Apophis Mission for Space...
ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Fix Exceeds Expectations
A procedure to de-ice the Euclid space telescope's optics has performed significantly better than hoped, achieving a 15% gain in sensitivity.
Euclid was launched aboard...
