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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

SpaceNews.com

ESA secures record €22bn ministerial package, but exploration programmes face funding shortfalls

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

Space.com

Soyuz MS-28 launches from Baikonur with NASA's Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts for eight-month ISS mission

2025-11-27T01:42:52.684380-08:00

New York Times

Perseverance records electrical discharges — 'mini‑lightning' — linked to Martian dust devils

2025-11-26T08:08:37.661314-08:00

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ESA backs two ISS cargo-return demos and signs on as anchor customer for commercial LEO return service The European Space Agency will fund two demonstration missions to return cargo from the International Space Station and has agreed to be an anchor customer for a future commercial low‑Earth‑orbit cargo‑return service, providing institutional demand to validate commercial payload‑return capabilities from LEO.

2025-11-28T06:23:59.224213-08:00

ESA backs two ISS cargo-return demos and signs on as anchor customer for commercial LEO return service

Space.com

NASA astronauts test Axiom's new Extravehicular Mobility Unit in neutral‑buoyancy training ahead of Artemis NASA astronauts are conducting neutral‑buoyancy training using Axiom Space's new Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) as part of validation for upcoming crewed Artemis missions. Tests focus on mobility, life‑support integration and EVA procedures to confirm the suit for lunar surface and deep‑space operations.

2025-11-28T06:10:06.585402-08:00

NASA astronauts test Axiom's new Extravehicular Mobility Unit in neutral‑buoyancy training ahead of Artemis

Universe Today

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Roman Space Telescope clears key acoustic, vibration and thermal‑vacuum tests NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope completed a fall campaign of acoustic, vibration and thermal‑vacuum testing, performed separately on its inner and outer spacecraft elements, marking a series of integration milestones as the observatory moves closer to transfer to a Florida launch pad.

2025-11-28T03:49:56.323186-08:00

Roman Space Telescope clears key acoustic, vibration and thermal‑vacuum tests

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ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA ArianeGroup conducted the first flight of SyLEx, a sovereign sounding rocket developed for France's DGA since 2021, from the Biscarrosse missile test range. The suborbital vehicle establishes a national test capability for civil applications, including high-speed and supersonic experiments and rapid flight qualification of instruments.

2025-11-28T03:10:08.354146-08:00

ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA

Soyuz MS-28 damages Baikonur crewed‑launch pad, threatens Russia's ISS launch cadence A Soyuz MS-28 launch on Nov. 27, 2025 damaged the Baikonur crewed‑launch pad; footage shows the service gantry falling into an exhaust trench. The damage to Russia's sole operational site for Soyuz and Progress missions jeopardizes upcoming ISS crew rotations and cargo launch cadence.

2025-11-27T15:47:43.154752-08:00

Soyuz MS-28 damages Baikonur crewed‑launch pad, threatens Russia's ISS launch cadence

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ESA secures record €22bn ministerial package, but exploration programmes face funding shortfalls ESA has secured a record €22 billion ministerial package through 2028, but member-state resistance and remaining budget gaps leave human and robotic exploration programmes — including a planned first European crewed lunar mission — exposed to timeline risk and capability shortfalls.

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

ESA secures record €22bn ministerial package, but exploration programmes face funding shortfalls

Space.com

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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

Space Intel Report

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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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