Space

Space 13 February 2024

Thales Alenia Space will provide communication equipment to NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission

The equipment produced at Thales Alenia Space sites in Madrid (Spain), Toulouse (France) and Charlerloi (Belgium) will enable the transmission to Earth of the spacecraft…

Space 31 January 2024

FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL SPACE SHOW TO RECONNECT THE GLOBAL SPACE COMMUNITY

Farnborough International Space Show will pioneer UK commercial space sector at the birthplace of UK aviationNew annual event will convene senior international space industry and…

Space 29 January 2024

Hubble finds water vapour in small exoplanet’s atmosphere

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapour has been detected in its atmosphere. At only approximately twice Earth’s…

Space 22 January 2024

What will the future of Lunar exploration look like as humans return to the Moon?

A panel of experts from University of Leicester will meet this week to discuss the future of Lunar exploration and its implications for international relations….

JUICE, searching for life on Jupiter’s icy moons

Space 20 December 2023

In search of life, JUICE speeds towards Jupiter’s icy moons

Space exploration is renowned for pushing back the frontiers of scientific knowledge, but it has also turned our vision of humanity’s place in the Universe…

Space 19 December 2023

EIB and Walloon Region partner up to grow the Walloon space sector

A memorandum of understanding was signed this morning by the Walloon Region, represented by Minister-President Elio Di Rupo, Vice-President and Minister for the Economy Willy Borsus,…

News, Space 29 November 2023

ESA emphasises space-based solutions during COP28

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 As a world leader in Earth observation and space for climate topics, the European Space Agency will showcase programmes, applications and…

News, Space 27 November 2023

Space Team Europe for Euclid: Jean-Charles Cuillandre

Focus on Euclid with Jean-Charles Cuillandre: “What we see in the first Euclid images is a promise of what will come in the future.” Jean-Charles…

News, Space 24 November 2023

Hot fire: Ariane 6 ready to rumble

ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehearsal today in preparation for its first flight, when teams on the ground went through a…

News, Space 21 November 2023

Thales Alenia Space to provide Communication Transponder for Turkey’s first lunar mission

Madrid, November 21, 2023 – Thales Alenia Space (joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo, 33%) has signed a contract with TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research…

Space 14 November 2023

Space: Council approves conclusions on the EU space strategy for security and defence

The Council today approved conclusions on the first EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence. The Council recalled the EU’s longstanding commitment to international law…

News, Space 9 November 2023

Starlab Space Station to boost European Space Agency ambitions in low-Earth orbit

MoU between ESA, Airbus and Voyager Space outlines collaboration on post-International Space Station infrastructure and missions Seville, 09 November 2023 – The European Space Agency (ESA),…

News, Space 9 November 2023

Thales Alenia Space unveils project to develop Space Smart Factory

Thales Alenia Space unveils project to develop Space Smart Factory, one of the largest facilities of its kind in Europe At the Tecnopolo Tiburtino hub…

News, Space 7 November 2023

Euclid’s first images: the dazzling edge of darkness

Today ESA’s Euclid space mission will release its first full-colour images of the cosmos.Never before has a telescope been able to create such razor-sharp astronomical…

News, Space 25 October 2023

EUMETSAT joins the Space for Climate Observatory

On Tuesday 24th, October 2023, in Darmstadt, Germany, Lionel SUCHET, Chief Operating Officer (CNES), and Phil EVANS, Director General (EUMETSAT) celebrated the adhesion of the…