13 March 2020
ExoMars launch postposed until 2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to ... and schedule. With due consideration of the recommendations provided by European and Russian Inspectors General, ExoMars experts have concluded that tests necessary...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
The European Space Agency (ESA) has been managing an Earth Observation...) launched in 2002. The largest Earth observing satellite ever built by any space agency, it was an advanced polar-orbiting satellite that provided measurements of the atmosphere...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... to serve small orbital launchers of below 1000 kg payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO), which the European Space Agency (ESA) often refers to as ‘micro-launchers’. It might also serve manned and unmanned suborbital launchers serving public...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... ISS. Asgardia Module The proposal for a new ISS module was submitted in response to a European Space Agency (ESA) Call for Ideas entitled, ‘Space exploration as a driver for growth and competitiveness: opportunities for the private sector’. As such...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
..., the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a process for setting up strategic partnerships with the private sector to facilitate its exploration ambitions - and to foster growth and competitiveness of the European space and non-space industrial base...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
..., longer and longer stays on our nearest celestial neighbour are hotly anticipated. With this in mind, the European Space Agency (ESA) have set up a prototype oxygen plant at their Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, housed within their...
