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Negotiations just wrapped up on the Vega E.

The extra time is being used to conduct additional checks.

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The European Space Agency and its counterpart Japan Aeropace Exploration Agency are moving to strengthen ties in lunar and asteroid exploration.

The European Space Agency and ArianeGroup have signed an agreement for around €230 million ($242 million) in additional funding for a reusable rocket program.

Arianespace says it has signed an agreement with Exotrail to launch the company’s geostationary version of its Orbital Transfer Vehicle.

Lockheed Martin and the UK Space Agency say they are assessing plans for how to deliver the Pathfinder space launch from the UK.

The European Space Agency is looking to revamp how it implements technology programs to better support its member states' companies as competition in the sector heats up globally

The European Space Agency is providing additional funding to emerging launch service operators to help ease their way to commercial operations.

The Exploration Company, which is working on an ESA cargo return capsule, says it has closed a $160 million Series B funding round.

Samples aboard the Perseverance rover may hold evidence of past life on Mars.

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From project financing to launcher and exploration initiatives, the region is devising an agenda to stay in the global space race.

A number of initiatives were disclosed, but the talk of the show was SpaceX’s Starship booster catch, which happened just ahead of the IAC opening.

The sense of scale is almost impossible to convey, a European Space Agency scientist says.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is considering changes in its payment structure to ease the financial burden European space companies have been experiencing.

Reaching the Moon to do something useful there involves preparation—which is now underway as agencies and companies aim to return humans to the lunar surface.

Liftoff of the Proba-3 mission is slated for Nov. 29 aboard an Indian PSLV-XL rocket, ESA said at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan this week.

The total size of the constellation is now 13 spacecraft.

The European Space Agency has awarded OHB a €280 million contract to build two satellites for the Harmony Earth observation mission which could launch in 2029.

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to deploy critical navigation and communications architecture to support future Moon missions.

ESA and space tug startup D-Orbit are planning a demonstration and ensuing commercial mission for satellite life extension in geostationary orbit.

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PLD Space’s ambitious vision injects a sense of entrepreneurial spirit into Europe’s space programs as the region worries about its global competitiveness.

The European Space Agency plans to land two cubesats on a remote asteroid as it seeks to gather more data to inform its planetary defense mission.