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ESA outlines 2026 priorities: SMILE launch, BepiColombo Mercury arrival and ESA2040 operational phase

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher outlined 2026 milestones: the SMILE mission launch, designed to provide the first complete view of how Earth responds to solar particle streams and radiation bursts, and BepiColombo's arrival at Mercury after an eight‑year cruise. ESA will also move ESA2040 into operation with a €8.26bn budget.

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2026-01-08T03:49:42.336976-08:00
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SpaceWatch Global • Guest Author

#SpaceWatchGL Opinion - The Great Coordination Experiment: From Global SSA to a Circular Space Economy (Part 3) - SpaceWatch.GLOBAL

By SpaceWatch Global: As understanding of atmospheric effects evolves, efforts to organise space traffic, share data, and build common rules accelerate rapidly.

2026-01-08T04:28:29.705277-08:00
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Reuters • Joey Roulette

NASA weighs early ISS crew return after astronaut medical issue; planned spacewalk cancelled

By Reuters: NASA is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.

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2026-01-07T22:04:32.229853-08:00