Now that the European Space Agency (ESA) has accepted that the Ariane 6 will not launch before late 2023, with knock-on effects on its later flights, and bearing in mind the unavailability of Soyuz rockets due to the War in Ukraine, the agency has decided to move two...
The Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoferetti took command of the International Space Station (ISS) from previous commander Oleg Artemiev on 28 September, just before he and his crew mates Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov boarded their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft ready...
The European Space Agency (ESA) finally cut the cord on its Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite earlier this month. The decision to end the mission, announced on 3 August, came after months of attempts to save Sentinel-1B after it suffered an anomaly in its electronics...
After a short technical delay, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new Vega-C rocket, operated by Arianespace, was successfully launched at 1313 GMT on 13 July from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou. The primary payload, Lares 2, a laser reflectivity satellite to test...
ESA has selected Airbus UK, Stevenage, to lead the FORUM construction project, according to an announcement on 28 June. The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) satellite is an ESA Earth Explorer mission that aims to help understanding...
While the ELSa-D docking test mission is not going to plan in orbit due to thruster issues, its owner/developer Astroscale did have something to smile about. It has received US$16 milion (€15 million) in funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate an...
