European Space Agency to launch two missions on Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9
The European Space Agency (ESA) will use Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets to launch the Euclid space…
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European Space Agency announces launch date of first Ariane 6 rocket
The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed the launch date of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket. According to…
ESA awards €280M contract to space company OHB to develop two satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract worth more than €280 million to OHB System AG,…
European Union Aviation Safety Agency lifts ban on flights over Israel
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has lifted its recommendation for airlines to avoid flying over Israeli…
ESA spacecraft to meet with colossal asteroid set to whisk past Earth in 2029
A mission to launch a European spacecraft that will rendezvous with a 375-meter-wide asteroid that is scheduled to…
UK eVTOL developer Vertical Aerospace secures key approval extension from CAA
The team at Vertical Aerospace are celebrating some good news as the electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL)…
Europe regains access to space with successful inaugural Ariane 6 launch
ArianeGroup’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, successfully made its inaugural flight from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), also…
MDA Space to develop new robotic arm for NASA’s Gateway lunar space station
MDA Space has been awarded a $1 billion contract from the Canadian Space Agency for the next phases…
Spanish startup PLD Space to launch MIURA 5 rocket from French Guiana
Spanish space startup PLD Space announced, on June 24, 2024, that it is investing €10 million to set…
Airbus-built metal 3D printer designed to be used in space blasts off to ISS
The first ever 3D printer designed to be used in space will shortly arrive at the International Space…
easyJet becomes the first airline partner of Iris future airspace program
EasyJet has become the first airline to sign up to the Iris program satellite-based future airspace control program,…
Airbus and Voyager Space finalize mission for next International Space Station
Airbus Defense and Space and Voyager Space’s collaboration to build the next International Space Station (ISS) has taken…
NASA astronauts drop tool bag during spacewalk – and it is now orbiting Earth
Two NASA astronauts accidentally dropped their tool bag during a spacewalk, sending the equipment into Earth’s orbit. The…
US company Dish Network receives first-ever $150,000 space debris penalty
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Dish Network $150,000 for leaving its retired EchoStar-7 satellite in…
World’s first mission to remove space debris is struck by space debris
It now seems likely that the payload adapter chosen for the “world-first mission to remove a debris from…
Music in space: from Jingle Bells to microgravity instruments
One eerie fact about space is that it is a vacuum where sound does not travel. So, it is understandable…
First cosmonaut rides European Robotic Arm on International Space Station: video
Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev made history by riding the European Robotic Arm (ERA) during a spacewalk outside the International…
The evolution of space food: from squeezable tubes to cosmic culinary marvels
When we think about sitting down to a meal in space, we tend to conjure up images of…