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ESA finalises €22bn ministerial package, advances FutureEO and welcomes Cyprus at Council 337

At its 337th Council in Paris (23–24 Oct 2025), ESA finalised a comprehensive €22 billion package for next month’s ministerial conference, advanced the FutureEO earth‑observation programme, approved multiple international partnerships and programme milestones, and confirmed Cyprus’ Associate Agreement pending ratification.

2025-10-23T11:56:41.035408-07:00

Space.com

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

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

Spaceflight Now

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

European Spaceflight

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 finalises €22bn ministerial package, advances FutureEO and welcomes Cyprus at Council 337 At its 337th Council in Paris (23–24 Oct 2025), ESA finalised a comprehensive €22 billion package for next month’s ministerial conference, advanced the FutureEO earth‑observation programme, approved multiple international partnerships and programme milestones, and confirmed Cyprus’ Associate Agreement pending ratification.

2025-10-23T11:56:41.035408-07:00

ESA finalises €22bn ministerial package, advances FutureEO and welcomes Cyprus at Council 337

European Spaceflight

Avio shareholders approve €400m capital increase; board authorised to pursue further fundraising Avio shareholders approved a €400 million capital increase and granted the company's board authority to pursue additional fundraises without further shareholder approval. The resolution gives management immediate financing capacity and the flexibility to execute future capital transactions under the board’s mandate.

2025-10-23T07:48:38.544227-07:00

Avio shareholders approve €400m capital increase; board authorised to pursue further fundraising

ESA

Cyprus signs Associate Agreement with ESA, set to become Associate Member in early 2026 Cyprus has signed an Associate Agreement with the European Space Agency and is set to become an ESA Associate Member in early 2026, formalizing a decade of cooperation after becoming a European Cooperating State in 2017; accession is expected to coincide with Cyprus’s Council presidency.

2025-10-23T04:41:45.563790-07:00

Cyprus signs Associate Agreement with ESA, set to become Associate Member in early 2026

Universe Today

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Claims of a NASA 'cover‑up' and an ESA leak fuel debate over interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as missions mobilise Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb alleges NASA concealed data on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and a purported ESA whistleblower claims an 'engine‑like' signature; scientists rebut sensational interpretations while agencies task telescopes and spacecraft to study the comet's growing tail.

2025-10-21T04:16:43.269633-07:00

Claims of a NASA 'cover‑up' and an ESA leak fuel debate over interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as missions mobilise

SpaceWatch Global

Four ESA astronauts complete Bundeswehr helicopter training to rehearse lunar surface operations Four ESA astronauts — Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet — have completed an intensive helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr. The rotary‑wing exercises serve as a practical rehearsal for approach, landing and surface operations in Europe’s preparations for future Moon missions.

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

Four ESA astronauts complete Bundeswehr helicopter training to rehearse lunar surface operations

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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

Universe Today

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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