Space Technology

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

European researchers on the International Space Station have begun the first in-orbit mapping of fin-film condensation to refine spacecraft thermal...

The Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has produced its first-light images, marking a key step toward routine, hourly air-quality mapping over Europe...

The European Space Agency’s Phoebus program is advancing a full-scale, carbon-fiber reinforced plastic liquid hydrogen tank designed for potential use...

Europe’s space operations community has run one of its toughest stress-tests to date, putting Sentinel-1D through a simulated solar superstorm...

The European Space Agency has completed the build of PLATO, its exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, by attaching the combined sunshield and solar-array...

The European Space Agency is preparing Sentinel-1D for integration with Ariane 6 at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, following the completion...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has stress-tested the resilience of Europe’s GNSS infrastructure at Jammertest 2025, an open-air interference campaign...

CNES is preparing to deploy MicroCarb, Europe’s first space mission dedicated to measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide, to map global CO2...

France’s MicroCarb satellite has confirmed the health of its payload with first measurements acquired over Amazonia on 28 August 2025,...