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ESA

ESA sets 2026 priorities: SMILE launch and BepiColombo Mercury arrival

At his Jan. 8 press conference, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher set out 2026 priorities: the launch of SMILE — designed to give the first holistic view of Earth’s response to solar particle streams and radiation bursts — and the long‑anticipated arrival of BepiColombo at Mercury after its eight‑year cruise.

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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