The ESA competition aims to foster independent access to space by supporting emerging small- and medium-lift rocket ...

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured the sun blast a "huge rush of mass" that warped the magnetic field, according to the ...

ESA's astronaut class of 2022 pose with their diplomas after their graduation from basic training on April 22, 2024. From left to right: Rosemary Coogan, Sophie Adenot, Raphaël Liégeois, Pablo ...

ESA will then prepare formal proposals to member states for funding based on those plans from industry. Both companies and countries are gearing up for the European Launcher Challenge.

Why is space debris a problem? There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA.

ESA is requesting funding for several navigation programs that could augment the existing Galileo system, including a demonstration of a low Earth orbit satellite navigation constellation. Credit ...

The ESA is working on a specially radiation-hardened computer to control its Hera deep-space probe on its task to observe the effects of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission.