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Germany’s DLR advanced its suborbital research capability with the MAPHEUS-16 sounding rocket, which launched on 12 November 2025 from the...
Read moreDetailsGermany’s DLR advanced its suborbital research capability with the MAPHEUS-16 sounding rocket, which launched on 12 November 2025 from the...
Read moreDetailsAn intense X5.1-class solar flare on 11 November 2025 and a sequence of fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have driven...
Read moreDetailsThe Copernicus Sentinel-1D radar satellite lifted off on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET aboard an Ariane 62 from Europe’s...
Read moreDetailsArtificial intelligence models developed under the European Space Agency’s ESA Phi-lab Challenges are moving toward operational use for post-earthquake damage...
Read moreDetailsEurope’s Henon CubeSat has cleared its Critical Design Review, advancing the European Space Agency’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat toward a...
Read moreDetailsEuropean researchers on the International Space Station have begun the first in-orbit mapping of fin-film condensation to refine spacecraft thermal...
Read moreDetailsThe Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has produced its first-light images, marking a key step toward routine, hourly air-quality mapping over Europe...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency’s Phoebus program is advancing a full-scale, carbon-fiber reinforced plastic liquid hydrogen tank designed for potential use...
Read moreDetailsEurope’s space operations community has run one of its toughest stress-tests to date, putting Sentinel-1D through a simulated solar superstorm...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency has completed the build of PLATO, its exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, by attaching the combined sunshield and solar-array...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency is preparing Sentinel-1D for integration with Ariane 6 at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, following the completion...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency (ESA) has stress-tested the resilience of Europe’s GNSS infrastructure at Jammertest 2025, an open-air interference campaign...
Read moreDetailsCNES is preparing to deploy MicroCarb, Europe’s first space mission dedicated to measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide, to map global CO2...
Read moreDetailsFrance’s MicroCarb satellite has confirmed the health of its payload with first measurements acquired over Amazonia on 28 August 2025,...
Read moreDetailsThe first unit of IASI-NG (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer – New Generation) has entered service on Europe’s MetOp‑SG A1 satellite...
Read moreDetailsCO3D, a joint mission from CNES and Airbus Defence and Space, is designed to generate global, high-resolution 3D land maps...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency has inaugurated New Norcia 3, a 35-meter deep-space antenna near New Norcia, Western Australia, expanding the...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency (ESA) is expanding its Estrack satellite tracking network with a new 35 m deep-space antenna at...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency has awarded a €50 million contract to Thales Alenia Space to advance the preliminary design of...
Read moreDetailsA NASA-backed engineering effort at the University of Iowa has restored domestic production of high-fidelity fluxgate cores and introduced a...
Read moreDetailsThe UK Space Agency has awarded £6.5 million to 23 cross-border space R&D projects under the second round of the...
Read moreDetailsThe European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded €40 million to Avio for a 24-month program to mature a reusable upper...
Read moreDetailsResearchers supported by NASA have demonstrated a straightforward seismic survey technique to locate subsurface voids such as lava tubes and...
Read moreDetailsStarpath has completed thermal-vacuum trials of its upgraded lunar excavation and hauling rover inside the 20‑foot V‑20 chamber at NASA’s...
Read moreDetailsNASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have released the first radar maps from the joint NISAR mission, previewing...
Read moreDetailsNASA has appointed Steven A. Sinacore as program executive for Fission Surface Power and named Lindsay Kaldon as deputy program...
Read moreDetailsNASA has selected Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, to perform a robotic orbit reboost of the Neil Gehrels Swift...
Read moreDetailsArkisys has secured a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA to sustain and maintain the Astrobee free-flying robotic platform aboard...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) has identified bake-out of silicone-based thermal control coatings as a critical step to maintain...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration has concluded operations on the agency’s Psyche spacecraft after achieving a record-distance...
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