European Space Agency

By Garrett Reim
Europeans have developed a wariness of relying on U.S. space tech, but the U.S. is light years ahead of its Old World cousins in the emerging space sector.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Although no longer designated a threat, Asteroid 2024 YR4’s projected path has renewed calls for enhanced planetary defense and near-Earth-object missions.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Spirent Communications has been chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to provide lunar position, navigation and timing simulations.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Optical cross-link technology is maturing at a critical juncture, with government and commercial customers pouring billions into proliferated constellations.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Launcher Challenge, a keystone effort to diversify homegrown rocket options, has been formally kicked off by the European Space Agency.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace is targeting March 24 for the inaugural mission of its Spectrum rocket in what would be a milestone as the first orbit launch from European soil.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
ESA will issue an invitation to tender for the European Launcher challenge next week, the agency’s director general says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace on March 17 said the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority has given the company approval for launch operations.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Thales Alenia Space has secured the contract from Telespazio to build the satellites for the European Space Agency’s planned Moonlight lunar navigation system.
Satellites

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

By Robert Wall
The Ariane 6’s second flight, mission VA263, took off at 11:24 a.m. ET March 6 from the European spaceport at French Guiana.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The launch window for the flight at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, was due to open at 1:24 p.m. local time.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The funding will add to the S$150 million fund announced by the ministry of trade and industry in 2022.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh says there are several contractual protections to ensure industry does not take a bath on the multi-billion-dollar project.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Scientists at one point gave the asteroid, discovered in late December, a 2.8% collision risk with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
The space agency is contracting the two satellites on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Next program.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The first of the new-production RS-25s was installed on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis on Feb. 18.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
ESA, in its latest update, puts the probably of impact at 0.16%.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
An alternate proposal tests the limits of the agency’s use of commercial services.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The demonstration, under project HydRON—for High-Throughput Optical Space Network—builds on studies Thales Alenia Space led and completed in 2023.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost is set to undergo installation and testing of valves and hatches, leak checks and integration of external structures.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The Exploration Company will test a demonstrator of its Nyx capsule designed to transport cargo to low Earth orbit and back in June, DLR says.
Operations & Safety

By Thierry Dubois
Scheduled for launch in April, the ESA's Biomass mission features a novel a 100-watt, P-band synthetic aperture radar.
Satellites