ESCAPADE Reset to Nov. 13 After G4 Storm; Blue Origin VADR Launch Preserves Mars Trajectory

NASA has reset the launch of its ESCAPADE mission to Nov. 13, following a pause prompted by a severe geomagnetic ...

Ariane 6 Places Sentinel-1D in Orbit, Expanding Copernicus SAR and AIS Coverage

Ariane 6 has placed Sentinel-1D into orbit, adding capacity to Europe’s Copernicus radar imaging and maritime monitoring constellation. The launch ...

ESA readies twin HydroGNSS GNSS-R microsats for Transporter-15 liftoff from Vandenberg

The European Space Agency is preparing its twin HydroGNSS microsatellites for launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 during the Transporter-15 rideshare ...

Ariane 6 places Sentinel-1D in orbit, restoring dual SAR coverage and enhancing AIS updates

Europe’s Ariane 6 has placed the Copernicus Sentinel‑1D satellite into orbit, advancing the Sentinel‑1 mission toward restored dual-satellite C‑band SAR ...

Ariane 6 places Sentinel-1D in orbit, boosting Copernicus SAR and ship-tracking capacity

Europe's Ariane 6 has placed the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite into orbit, strengthening the program's all-weather radar imaging and maritime tracking ...

DLR’s MAPHEUS-16 Sets Microgravity Payload Record with Twin Red Kite Motors

Germany’s DLR advanced its suborbital research capability with the MAPHEUS-16 sounding rocket, which launched on 12 November 2025 from the ...

ESA flags X5.1 flare and fast CMEs driving severe G4 storm with satellite and GNSS risk

An intense X5.1-class solar flare on 11 November 2025 and a sequence of fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have driven ...

Sentinel-1D Lifts Off on Ariane 62; DLR to Calibrate SAR for Copernicus Continuity

The Copernicus Sentinel-1D radar satellite lifted off on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET aboard an Ariane 62 from Europe’s ...

ESA’s AI quake-mapping models move toward operational use under CNES-led Charter

Artificial intelligence models developed under the European Space Agency’s ESA Phi-lab Challenges are moving toward operational use for post-earthquake damage ...

ESA’s Henon CubeSat clears CDR to demo deep-space comms, ion propulsion, and solar-storm early warning

Europe’s Henon CubeSat has cleared its Critical Design Review, advancing the European Space Agency’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat toward a ...

ESA FLY study finds ISS missions feasible with prostheses, moves to certification and training

Europe’s efforts to broaden astronaut participation advanced as the European Space Agency reported that its FLY initiative has found no ...

ESA study clears path for prosthesis-wearing astronauts as McFall details certification and training plans

ESA has signaled a major step toward inclusive spaceflight after a feasibility study found no technical showstoppers to flying to ...

New Shepard NS-32 Carries Six on Blue Origin’s 12th Crewed Suborbital Mission, Total Reaches 64 Flown

Blue Origin completed its 12th crewed suborbital mission with New Shepard on May 31, 2025, successfully flying six passengers on ...

New Shepard NS-32 completes 12th crewed mission as Blue Origin total reaches 64 people flown

Blue Origin completed its 12th crewed New Shepard mission, NS-32, sending six passengers on a suborbital flight from Launch Site ...

Blue Origin Flies Six on NS-33, Achieving 13th Crewed New Shepard Mission

Blue Origin completed a successful NS-33 crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital system on June 29, 2025, lifting six ...

ESA’s RAMSES Aims to Shadow Apophis During 2029 Earth Flyby

The European Space Agency is advancing plans for the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), a proposed rendezvous with ...

ESA Maps 1,039 Martian Dust Devils, Uncovering Faster Winds for Mission Planning

The European Space Agency has compiled the first global catalogue of Martian dust devils with motion measurements, tracking 1,039 tornado-like ...

ESA’s Hera completes year one: Mars flyby achieved, autonomous navigation proven, Didymos arrival in 2026

ESA’s Hera mission has completed its first year in deep space, achieving a Mars flyby, validating autonomous navigation techniques, and ...

Fresh Enceladus Plume Chemistry Uncovered, Energizing ESA Orbiter-Lander Plans

Fresh analysis of legacy Cassini data has uncovered complex organic molecules in newly ejected particles from the plume of Saturn’s ...

Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Deploys, Begins L1 Cruise to Probe Earth’s Exosphere

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory (also known as GLIDE) has separated from a SpaceX second stage and begun its cruise to ...

LOFAR and XMM-Newton confirm coronal mass ejection from a red dwarf, threatening exoplanet atmospheres

Astronomers using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) and ESA’s XMM-Newton have reported the first confirmed coronal mass ejection (CME) from ...

PLATO Assembly Complete; Final Tests Ahead of 2026 Ariane 6 Launch

ESA’s PLATO exoplanet observatory has completed spacecraft assembly at the agency’s ESTEC centre in the Netherlands, marking a major milestone ...

Protoplanet WISPIT 2b Imaged Inside Disk Gap, Marking a Planet-Formation First

Astronomers have directly imaged a young gas giant, WISPIT 2b, embedded inside a dust ring gap around its star, delivering ...

Gaia maps a massive stellar ripple sweeping the Milky Way’s outer disk

ESA's Gaia mission has mapped a massive stellar ripple sweeping across the Milky Way's outer disc, revealing a large-scale vertical ...

Webb Spots Carbon-Rich Circumplanetary Disk Around CT Cha b, Illuminating Moon Formation

James Webb Space Telescope observations have revealed a carbon-rich circumplanetary disk encircling the massive exoplanet CT Cha b, providing the ...