ArcSpace to Demo On-Orbit Welding Tech in 2027
With its announcement that it had secured €2 million in new funding, French startup ArcSpace announced plans to test an automated welding system in...
ESA’s Draco Reentry Mission Clears Its Critical Design Review
The European Space Agency has announced that its Draco mission has passed its Critical Design Review, clearing it to enter full-scale manufacturing, integration and...
ESA to Adapt Ariane 6 for Nuclear-Powered Argonaut Missions
The European Space Agency expects to make specific safety adaptations to the Ariane 6 rocket for future launches of its Argonaut lunar landers that...
CNES Seeks Partners to Mass-Produce Compact Optical Telescopes
The French space agency CNES is looking for an industrial partner to develop and qualify a compact optical telescope for future satellite constellations. The...
ATMOS Moves Forward with Phoenix 3 as Phoenix 2 Launch Slips
German space logistics company ATMOS Space Cargo has completed an early-stage design study for its reusable Phoenix 3 spacecraft. The announcement comes just two...
CNES Sets 2028 Target for Hot-Fire Test of New High-Thrust Rocket Engine
The head of the French space agency CNES told lawmakers in April that a subscale prototype of a future reusable full-flow staged-combustion rocket engine...
ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third and likely final test of EuroSuit, a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit prototype, aboard the International...
SES and Airbus Secure Site for Quantum Communications Ground Station
European satellite operator SES and Airbus have secured a site at the NL Space Campus in Noordwijk for the Eagle-1 optical ground station. The...
ArianeGroup Tests Upgraded Ariane 6 Upper Stage Rocket Engine
Details of a previously unannounced test campaign involving an upgraded Ariane 6 rocket engine have emerged in the 2025 annual accounts of ArianeGroup SAS,...
Italy Brings IRIDE Earth Observation Service Online
Italy's IRIDE Earth observation service went live on 1 July, opening initial access to imagery and analytics from one of the programme's planned six...












