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ESA's €22bn Budget Boost Leaves Shortfall for Human and Robotic Exploration

Ministers approved a record €22 billion package through 2028, but agency leaders and analysts say the increase still falls short to fully fund Europe’s human and robotic exploration agenda, putting mission timelines — including a planned first European crewed lunar mission — under pressure.

2025-11-27T12:22:30.681208-08:00

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ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

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ESA ministers order 12‑month delay on approval of global space‑based ISR constellation

2025-11-26T03:17:42.768046-08:00

European Spaceflight

Ariane 6 launches Copernicus Sentinel‑1D, securing Europe’s radar‑imaging continuity

2025-11-04T13:53:11.213600-08:00

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ESA's €22bn Budget Boost Leaves Shortfall for Human and Robotic Exploration Ministers approved a record €22 billion package through 2028, but agency leaders and analysts say the increase still falls short to fully fund Europe’s human and robotic exploration agenda, putting mission timelines — including a planned first European crewed lunar mission — under pressure.

2025-11-27T12:22:30.681208-08:00

ESA's €22bn Budget Boost Leaves Shortfall for Human and Robotic Exploration

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NASA reaffirms support for Europe’s life-detection Mars rover despite proposed U.S. budget cuts NASA has provided written assurances it will support Europe’s life‑detection Mars rover program despite proposed U.S. budget cuts, a development European officials call "a very important step." The confirmations reduce near‑term program uncertainty while funding debates continue in Washington.

2025-11-27T07:07:53.428005-08:00

NASA reaffirms support for Europe’s life-detection Mars rover despite proposed U.S. budget cuts

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ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn ESA member states committed a record €22.07–22.1 billion at the Bremen Ministerial Council, funding that represents roughly 99% of the agency's €22.25 billion proposal and covers the next three years. The package underpins exploration programmes and formalises a broader defence role for the agency.

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

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ESA schedules Space Rider inaugural flight for 2028 At its Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen, the European Space Agency said the inaugural flight of its reusable Space Rider orbital reentry vehicle is expected in 2028. The announcement establishes a timetable for Europe’s first operationally focused reusable payload-return demonstrator and advances ESA’s reusability agenda.

2025-11-27T01:44:49.301211-08:00

ESA schedules Space Rider inaugural flight for 2028

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Spaceport Cornwall Shortlisted by ESA for INVICTUS Hypersonic Test Programme

2025-11-26T23:44:31.525102-08:00

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Spain's $376M pledge pushes ESA ISR constellation precursor past funding threshold; programme to start 2026 Spain's $376 million pledge has pushed ESA's planned multi‑sensor ISR constellation precursor past its funding threshold, clearing the way for the programme to begin in 2026 as 23 member states meet in Bremen's CM25 ministerial to finalise space investment priorities.

2025-11-26T23:34:38.971807-08:00

Spain's $376M pledge pushes ESA ISR constellation precursor past funding threshold; programme to start 2026

Universe Today

ESA tightens 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet trajectory tenfold using ExoMars TGO observations Since comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on 1 July 2025, ESA has improved its predicted location tenfold by incorporating observations from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) around Mars. TGO's in‑space measurements during the object's ~30 million‑km Mars flyby tightened trajectory uncertainty and aided global tracking.

2025-11-26T18:43:00.246338-08:00

ESA tightens 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet trajectory tenfold using ExoMars TGO observations

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Copernicus Sentinel-1D returns first high-resolution SAR images after record-fast commissioning, unveiled at ESA ministerial Copernicus Sentinel-1D has returned its first high-resolution synthetic-aperture radar images and completed rapid commissioning in record time. The 'first light' shots—showing Antarctic glaciers, the tip of South America and the city of Bremen—were unveiled at ESA's Ministerial Council in Bremen.

2025-11-26T07:58:16.628204-08:00

Copernicus Sentinel-1D returns first high-resolution SAR images after record-fast commissioning, unveiled at ESA ministerial

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