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ESA has issued a call for tender for study examining the re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage over Poland in early 2025.

ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland

January 23, 2026

ESA’s new Exploration Biobank in Lisbon has received its first 1,422 human samples collected during the agency's Vivaldi III study.

ESA Exploration Biobank in Portugal Receives First Human Samples

October 15, 2025

The European Space Agency has selected the Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine in Lisbon to host its HRE Exploration Biobank.

ESA Establishes Human and Robotic Exploration Biobank in Portugal

July 24, 2025

The European Space Agency believes that its Solar Orbiter spacecraft may have discovered the source of solar wind.

ESA’s Solar Orbiter May Have Discovered the Source of Solar Wind

August 24, 2023

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...

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ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland

ESA Exploration Biobank in Portugal Receives First Human Samples

ESA Establishes Human and Robotic Exploration Biobank in Portugal

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ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland

ESA Exploration Biobank in Portugal Receives First Human Samples

ESA Establishes Human and Robotic Exploration Biobank in Portugal

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