Ariane 6 ready to rocket, bringing heavy-lift capability back to Europe
Just a wet dress rehearsal left before debut launch
Science06 Jun 2024 | 12
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NASA and ESA take a close look at Europe's International Habitation Module
Astronauts clamber around a mock-up, launch of the real thing is only 4 years away
Science31 May 2024 | 6
European Space Agency's Vega-C rocket a step closer to returning to flight
Latest nozzle redesign means a late 2024 launch is on the cards
Science30 May 2024 | 5
ESA to fetch stuff from space before ISS takes the plunge
Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company tapped for retrieval ops
Science23 May 2024 |
Rosalind Franklin rover gets another shot at Mars after string of bad luck
Could 2030 bring touchdown at last?
Science17 May 2024 | 5
BepiColombo power struggle could leave probe short of Mercury's orbit
Updated ESA/JAXA mission running on reduced thrust as engineers work to resolve the issue
Science16 May 2024 | 4
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First Ariane 6 rocket ready to assemble as Europe begins final countdown
Core and boosters are on the pad ahead of June launch
Science29 Apr 2024 | 15
Intricate mission to de-ice a space telescope is go: Euclid's 'eye' is clear
100 minutes of heating to melt a frozen heart... 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth
Science26 Mar 2024 | 18
Euclid space telescope needs de-icing
Warm water and a scraper not an option when you're 1.5 million kilometers from home
Science20 Mar 2024 | 12
European Space Agency to measure Earth at millimeter scale
Awards contracts for spacecraft to bring the IoT to space
Science20 Mar 2024 | 44
Grab a helmet because retired ISS batteries are hurtling back to Earth
'Luminous phenomena' on the cards, but half a ton of debris could survive
Science08 Mar 2024 | 45
NASA's Mars Sample Return Program struggles to get off the drawing board
The tech just isn't ready and clunky collab with ESA isn't helping, auditor finds
Science04 Mar 2024 | 18
ESA's ERS-2 satellite began to come apart earlier than predicted
Harmlessly entered over the North Pacific, but solar array was already bent
Science27 Feb 2024 | 6
Chunks of deorbiting ESA satellite are expected to reach the ground
Danger to humans? Less than '1 in 100 billion', says agency
Science19 Feb 2024 | 36
ESA salutes Galileo satellite system meeting aviation standards
It's all in the software
Science30 Jan 2024 | 12
ESA gives gravitational wave space probe LISA the nod for a 2035 launch
Trio of spacecraft to capture ripples in spacetime
Science29 Jan 2024 | 12
NASA lost contact with Mars helicopter Ingenuity, then managed to find it again
ESA makes its own discovery: the most water ever found on Mars
Science22 Jan 2024 | 18
30 years and still sunbathing: SOHO probe continues work as a space weatherman
Space Extenders II From the cutting edge of physics research to a valuable monitoring tool
Science26 Dec 2023 | 15
ESA's Mars Express continues to avoid retirement home
Space Extenders II Another chunk of science, another mission extension. But probe is running on fumes
Science24 Dec 2023 | 34
Long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket is 'ready to go' – hopefully – says European Space Agency
Latest launch sim went off without a hitch. An upper stage test, not so much
Science20 Dec 2023 | 2
Last Vega rocket launch delayed over fuel tank vanishing act
Choose your own adventure: Use the old qualification tanks, or squeeze in some from Vega-C?
Bootnotes15 Dec 2023 | 26
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket rated 'ready to rumble' after passing hot fire test
Still not reusable, but at least it's getting closer to long-delayed launch
Science24 Nov 2023 | 47
European Space Agency grits teeth, preps contracts for SpaceX Galileo launch
Secret tech will have to be shipped to the US for launch thanks to delays
Science08 Nov 2023 | 24
Euclid space 'scope's first color snaps pull back the curtain on cosmic mysteries
Pics After a rocky start, here's looking at Euclid
Science08 Nov 2023 | 13
Europe eyes skies with aim to track space junk and boost orbital operations
Fresh strategies unveiled to balance military and commercial interests in space
Networks01 Nov 2023 |
Tim Peake on a return to space: 'Never say never'
Bigs up commercial space as ESA prepares for Axiom 3
Science23 Oct 2023 | 1
Mars chilled for aeons, but stayed so stressed it gets crusty marsquakes
Multiple orbiters failed to find a crater matching rumble. Boffins now blame Red planet's internal problems
Science19 Oct 2023 | 7
Software patch fixes Euclid space telescope navigation bug
Probe goes loopy after mistaking solar rays for stars
Software11 Oct 2023 | 8
ESA's Vega rocket delivers Taiwanese and Thai satellites to low Earth orbit
Also on board, cubesat that dodges space debris with plasma braking technology
Science09 Oct 2023 | 1
ESA funds space weather satellite swarm to understand and combat orbital debris
Prof warns El Reg solar storms may cause cascading collisions that make some orbits unusable
Science06 Oct 2023 | 12
ESA delays Vega-C's return after nozzle design fails tests
Eurolauncher won't fly again until 2024 as it awaits another redesign
Science03 Oct 2023 | 7
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares
Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time
Science27 Sep 2023 | 57
That's gas: CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life
Hey, ESA: Can Juice get there any faster?
Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 9
ESA gets the job of building Europe's secure satcomms network
IRIS2 oversight deal signed as constellation’s schedule slips, and Ariane 6 hits another snag
Cybersecurity Month22 Sep 2023 | 4
Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster
Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder
Science14 Sep 2023 | 40
Europe's Ariane 6 takes rocket science seriously by testing patience before engines
Four seconds of fire and fury to be followed by eight minutes then... a launch in 2024?
Science05 Sep 2023 | 10
Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk
Of all the spacecraft in all the orbits around the world, it slams into mine
Science23 Aug 2023 | 45
Airbus to help with International Space Station replacement
Orbiter is supposed to be ready by 2028, so JV partners had better hurry
Science03 Aug 2023 | 46
After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine
Here's looking at Euclid
Science02 Aug 2023 | 30
Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits
ESA is testing that pink stuff from your dirty bathtub as an antimicrobial Moon suit lining
Science01 Aug 2023 | 10
Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica
Video Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either
Science01 Aug 2023 | 6
ESA sees satellite-based air traffic monitoring on near horizon
EURIALO project aims to prove flights can be tracked in real time through multilateration
Networks26 Jul 2023 | 18
Ariane 5 to take final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket
Final update (literally) Launch will leave continent dependent on the US for space missions
Science04 Jul 2023 | 70
Europe's Euclid telescope launches to figure out dark energy, the universe, and everything
Interview We speak to project scientist on effort to build 3D map of space going back ten billion years
Science01 Jul 2023 | 30
BepiColombo probe turns to the dark side … of Mercury
Sends home snaps on third fly-by of six as it heads for orbit in 2025
Science21 Jun 2023 | 13
Universe-mapping Euclid satellite arrives in US ahead of July launch
Neither war nor bad sensors nor a nautical journey will keep this probe from building a 3D map of space
Science03 May 2023 | 9
ESA's Jupiter-bound Juice spacecraft has a sticky problem with its radar
Time to shake, rattle, and roll the probe to remove pesky antenna pin
Science29 Apr 2023 | 28
ESA's Aeolus wind-measuring satellite takes terminal trip into Earth's atmosphere
Weather forecasting mission to end on April, but Aeolus-2 is on the drawing board
Science19 Apr 2023 | 3
ESA's Juice blasts off to squeeze secrets from Jupiter's moons
Few orbital boosts and we'll get the snaps in eight years
Science14 Apr 2023 | 6
Launching soon: ESA's Juice to probe Jupiter's moons for signs of possible life
Feature We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission
Science13 Apr 2023 | 31
The cause of last December's failed satellite launch? Nozzle material, says ESA
Arianespace Vega-C rocket failure sent two Airbus satellites into the Atlantic Ocean
Science06 Mar 2023 | 8
If we plan to live on the Moon, it's going to need a time zone
For one thing, lunar satnav isn't gonna work with Earth's systems
Science01 Mar 2023 | 142
NASA: Yup, thousand-pound meteorite exploded over Texas
As good time as any for Europe to announce a 2030 asteroid-spotting mission
Science22 Feb 2023 | 52
Field trip! European Space Agency sends astronauts abroad to learn about rocks
Astronauts need better autonomy as ground control gets further away
Science06 Feb 2023 | 12
ESA names first Parastronaut: paralympian and aspiring surgeon John McFall
23,000 applied, just 17 made the list of potential crew
Science25 Nov 2022 | 28
Boffins are studying Martian clouds to avoid another Opportunity episode
They look and behave a lot like those on Earth – except they're made of dust
Science18 Nov 2022 | 9
Look! Up in the sky! Proof of concept for satellites beaming energy to Earth!
They'd need to be a kilometer wide and point at even larger landside targets, so they won't fire up the renewables market
Science10 Nov 2022 | 118
NASA details totally doable, not science fiction plan for sending Mars rocks to Earth
So crazy, it just might work
Science29 Oct 2022 | 79
How did ESA's gamma ray-spotting 'scope make it to 20? They totally overdid it
We speak to the boffins behind the mission about hits, misses, engineering, and that extraordinary near death scrape
Science20 Oct 2022 | 6
This hero probe will smash into an asteroid to see if we can deflect future killer rocks
Feature We chat to the scientists involved in first-of-its-kind mission
Science24 Sep 2022 | 47
Sun's magnetic mystery solved by ESA NASA Solar Orbiter
Understanding solar switchbacks is key to understanding solar winds, and scientists think they've got it
Science14 Sep 2022 | 3
Russian cosmonauts abort ISS spacewalk after suit power fluctuates
Imagine how much Apple would charge for a power lead that long
Science19 Aug 2022 | 14
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