MicroCarb: Europe’s first mission to monitor and map atmospheric carbondioxide successfully launched A joint collaboration between France and the UK to map, on a global scale, the sources and sinks…
The turquoise waters southeast of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka are captured in this image acquired by the Φsat-2 mission. Failaka is about 20 km off Kuwait’s coast at the head…
BEREC Sustainability WG External Workshop on Environmental Footprint of Satellite Constellations 25/09/2025 – Invitation to register World Defense Show 2026 Nears Sell-Out, Exhibitors from About 80 Countries to Attend Space…
In brief Vega-C is scheduled to launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 23:03 local time on 25 July (03:03 BST/04:03 CEST on 26 July). Flight VV27 will be…
With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff aboard an Ariane 6…
New rocket test facility will support UK space sector’s stellar ambitions A Cold War-era armoured building close to the Mull of Kintyre is set to see action again as the…
The most complex parachute system to ever deploy on Mars has successfully slowed down an ExoMars mock-up landing platform for a safe touchdown on Earth. A stratospheric helium balloon lifted…
Less than 24 hours after his return to Earth, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland has arrived back in Europe. The Ignis mission ended after a 20-day space journey with…
This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia. Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its…
In a spotless cleanroom, engineers at Redwire’s facilities in Belgium, have completed the assembly of a key part ESA’s ALTIUS ozone mission – the all-important satellite platform is now fully…
UNIVITY signs the Zero Debris Charter and reaffirms its commitment to sustainable, responsible and sovereign space connectivity As the challenge of ensuring sustainable space operations intensifies, UNIVITY pledges to help…
In brief What happens to the human body in space? It’s one of the most important questions scientists must answer as we prepare to send humans on longer missions to…
Munich, Germany / San Diego, USA 16 July 2025 – Airbus Defence and Space and US based Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS) have entered into a partnership based on…
View of Earth as seen by ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world”. The European Space Agency-built Cupola is the…
After 20 days in space, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and his Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crewmates returned safely to Earth today, 15 July 2025. The successful landing marked the conclusion of a mission…