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Cassini data reveals complex organics in Enceladus plumes, bolstering habitability case

A new analysis of Cassini measurements has identified complex organic molecules in ice particles and gas from Enceladus’ plumes, including compounds that could be precursors to biomolecules. The finding strengthens the view that the moon's subsurface ocean hosts life-like chemistry and supports plans for an ESA follow-up mission.

2025-10-02T03:03:39.907774-07:00

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SpaceX launches EUMETSAT’s MTG-S1 weather and Sentinel-4 air quality satellite, lands Falcon 9 at sea

2025-07-01T09:45:45.498646-07:00

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Airbus Nets $17 Billion in Day-One Paris Air Show Orders as Boeing Steps Back

2025-06-16T21:35:20.873316-07:00

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Dassault, France’s Armed Forces and ESA Formalize Partnership on VORTEX Reusable Spaceplane

2025-06-23T06:54:31.797440-07:00

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ESA astronauts complete Bundeswehr helicopter training ahead of lunar surface missions Four ESA astronauts — Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet — completed an intensive helicopter course with the German Bundeswehr to rehearse approach, handling and touchdown skills that map to lunar lander operations, a practical step in Europe’s Moon mission preparations.

2025-10-20T01:33:41.742086-07:00

ESA astronauts complete Bundeswehr helicopter training ahead of lunar surface missions

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GomSpace wins €760k ESA contract to accelerate AOCS software development GomSpace has won a €760,000 contract from the European Space Agency to accelerate development of its Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) software. The Danish smallsat firm — which has flown 75 satellites — will use the award to speed AOCS capability maturation for upcoming missions.

2025-10-15T20:45:37.614886-07:00

GomSpace wins €760k ESA contract to accelerate AOCS software development

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ESA selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build large multi‑payload cubesat for EU IOD/IOV programme ESA, through ESTEC, has selected Lithuania‑based Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build a large cubesat platform — the IHE1‑5 — for the European Commission‑backed In‑Orbit Demonstration/In‑Orbit Validation (IOD/IOV) programme. The multi‑payload cubesat will host several European experiments and technology demonstrations in orbit.

2025-10-15T13:06:13.169843-07:00

ESA selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build large multi‑payload cubesat for EU IOD/IOV programme

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ESA's ExoMars TGO and Mars Express target interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during Mars flyby Between Oct. 1 and 7, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express turned their instruments toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it zipped past Mars. The orbiters collected complementary remote‑sensing data during the comet’s roughly 30 million‑kilometre close approach, adding in‑space vantage points to telescope observations.

2025-10-10T08:01:01.436335-07:00

ESA's ExoMars TGO and Mars Express target interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during Mars flyby

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European orbiters map 1,039 Martian dust devils to chart regional winds Researchers combed 20 years of imagery from ESA’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter to identify 1,039 dust devils, revealing how dust is lofted and redistributed across the surface. Published in Science Advances, the results map regional wind strengths and affect imaging, surface operations and mission planning.

2025-10-08T11:02:18.331778-07:00

European orbiters map 1,039 Martian dust devils to chart regional winds

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Arianespace to launch Copernicus Sentinel-1D aboard Ariane 6 on 4 November 2025 On 4 November 2025 Arianespace will launch Sentinel-1D, a Copernicus synthetic‑aperture radar satellite, aboard an Ariane 6 from Europe’s Guiana Space Centre (VA265). The mission — the Ariane 6’s third commercial flight — will insert the all‑weather, day‑and‑night radar into sun‑synchronous orbit under an ESA/European Commission contract (21:03 UTC).

2025-10-06T01:32:27.022114-07:00

Arianespace to launch Copernicus Sentinel-1D aboard Ariane 6 on 4 November 2025

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Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition partners with ESA to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope Artist Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition, developed with ESA’s Webb team, celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope through original artwork that interprets the telescope's discoveries and instruments. The show translates JWST science into public-facing cultural experiences.

2025-10-05T08:12:32.687054-07:00

Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition partners with ESA to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope

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Mars orbiters, led by MRO/HiRISE, will image interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during Oct. 3 flyby Comet 3I/ATLAS — the third confirmed interstellar object — will pass roughly 30 million kilometres from Mars on Oct. 3, and a fleet of Mars orbiters will aim instruments at the visitor. NASA's MRO/HiRISE will attempt high-resolution images while European and other orbiters collect complementary remote-sensing data.

2025-10-02T11:36:41.404875-07:00

Mars orbiters, led by MRO/HiRISE, will image interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during Oct. 3 flyby

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