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… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 21, 2022
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… ByGabriele PetrauskaiteOctober 20, 2022
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,… ByGoda LabanauskaitėOctober 17, 2024
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… ByGoda LabanauskaitėOctober 10, 2024
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… ByIan MolyneauxJuly 17, 2024
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)… ByIan MolyneauxJuly 10, 2024
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… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 10, 20241 comment
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… ByClément CharpentreauJuly 7, 2024
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… ByMiquel RosJune 26, 2024
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… ByIan MolyneauxJanuary 31, 2024
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,… ByLuke PetersJanuary 31, 2024
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… ByIan MolyneauxJanuary 9, 2024
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… ByEmilia StankeviciuteNovember 22, 2023
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… ByEmilia StankeviciuteOctober 3, 2023
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… ByEmilia StankeviciuteAugust 25, 2023
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… ByEmilia StankeviciuteAugust 24, 2023
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… ByEmilia StankeviciuteAugust 10, 2023
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… ByEmilia StankeviciuteJuly 20, 2023