ESA Publishes Call for Reusable Rocket Booster Concepts (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The Boosters for European Space Transportation (BEST!) initiative is being managed by ESA’s Space Transportation Directorate under its Future Launcher Preparatory Programme (FLPP). According to the initiative’s call, the aim of BEST! is to allow the development of new launcher architectures or the improvement of existing...
ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to Lead Agency’s LEO Cargo Return Initiative (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA Boosts Deep-Space Comms Capacity with Cryocooled Upgrade (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Greece Announces €60M Earth Observation Microsatellite Constellation (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Exolaunch Awarded First European Space Agency Launch Contract (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
European-Made 3D Printer Will Be the First to Print Metal in Space (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
T-Minus Engineering to Launch First European Mission of 2024 (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
POLARIS Spaceplanes Conduct First Rocket-Powered Roll Test (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA to Begin Dismantling Ariane 6 Test Article (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Italy’s Space Agency and Armed Forces Sign Agreement to Collaborate (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Construction of Ariane 6 Booster Storage Building Continues (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Spanish Government Awards €40.5M Loan to PLD Space for Miura 5 (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA Astronaut Aboard Space Station Controls Robot on Earth (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Exolaunch Wins €18M DLR Launch Contract (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
German space agency DLR has awarded an €18 million launch contract to Berlin-based Exolaunch. DLR awarded the contract on behalf of and with funds from the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, and it will see the mission management startup oversee the launch of payloads from winners of the country’s Small...
UK Space Agency Launches Challenge to Purify Lunar Water (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The UK Space Agency, in partnership with its Canadian counterpart, has launched the £1.2-million Aqualunar Challenge, which aims to support the development of technology that would enable the extraction of purified water from ice buried beneath the lunar surface....
French Launch Startup Latitude Closes $30M Series B (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Latitude announced on 22 January that it had closed a $30 million (€27.5 million) Series B funding round to support the development of its Zephyr launch vehicle....
CNES-Led Consortium Begins Development of Atomic Accelerometers (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Euclid Avionics Model Arrives at ESA ESOC in Germany (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ArianeGroup Prepare to Ship Ariane 6 Flight Hardware to Kourou (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
According to a 17 January ESA press call, journalists will be given one last look at the upper stage in Bremen, Germany, on 26 January and the core stage in Les Mureaux, France, on 30 January. Once the pomp and circumstance have been completed, the two Ariane 6 stages will be loaded onto the transport vessel Canopée for its...
ClearSpace Debris Removal Mission Passes Key Milestones (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
A space debris removal mission being developed by Swiss startup ClearSpace has passed a pair of milestones as part of its environmental test campaign....
Italian Startup to Test Muscle Monitoring Suit Aboard AX-3 Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
With the EMSi suit, REA hopes to reproduce the same muscular stimulation the human body receives on Earth during periods in low gravity. The company developed the suit in collaboration with the Italian space agency (ASI) with technical support from the Politecnico di Bari’s Department of Electrical and Information Engineering....
European Martian Moon Rover on Its Way to Japan (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
CNES to Test New Guiana Space Centre Satellite Transport System (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA Targets 15 November for Vega C Return to Flight Mission (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The European Space Agency has announced that it is targeting 15 November for the return to flight of the grounded Avio-built Vega C launch vehicle....