European Space Agency

By Mark Carreau
The launch of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS has been delayed to provide additional time to address a Falcon 9 propellant leak.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Europe’s first defense and space commissioner, a self-proclaimed transatlanticist, sets an “ambitious” agenda for the region’s defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The launch of Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has been delayed until no earlier than June 11.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The European Space Agency has signed a contract extension with Ispace-Europe.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Europe's space community sees improving procurement and project-oriented investments as essential to independence after the Trump administration takes office.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Europe’s space sector is set for growth, but in one area it may be poised for contraction: the number of companies vying for business.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The European Space Agency has opened its European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Center in Villigen, Switzerland.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency plans to ask member states for $1.5 billion to help under Europe’s push to become more autonomous in space.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
European airspace design was inherited from the progressive construction of air traffic management on a multinational continent, leading to fragmentation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European program to develop a home-grown, secure satellite communications constellation has entered its full-scale implementation phase
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Canadian Space Agency is assessing what cuts in the proposed U.S. fiscal 2026 budget could mean for cooperative endeavors.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
ESA says it is assessing the impact of the Trump administration's proposed cuts to NASA programs that also affect some of its own activities.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The Trump administration proposes to cut NASA’s $24.8 billion annual budget to $18.8 billion and end several flagship programs.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace is planning two more Vega-C and four Ariane 6 launches this year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency says the P160C motor, slated to boost performance of the Ariane 6 and Vega launchers, has completed its first test firing.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace is planning to launch Biomass from Kourou, French Guiana, on April 29.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The African Space Agency became operational on April 20.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket early April 21, loaded with extra supplies for the International Space Station crew.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency is getting ready for the launch of an atomic clock system to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Thierry Dubois
Latitude has performed the first pressurized ignition test of the Navier engine's combustion chamber in flight configuration.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA has requested proposals from American-led companies for two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station.
Space Symposium