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Europe Will be Building the Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return Mission
Now that the Perseverance rover has dropped off ten regolith and rock sample tubes for a future sample return mission…
The New Ariane 6 Heavy Lift Rocket is Finally on the Launch Pad, But Won’t Liftoff Until Late 2023
A prototype of ESA’s new heavy lift rocket is now fully assembled and sitting on the launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport…
The First Telescope Images of DART's Impact are Starting to Arrive
The ESA just released a video that shows the DART mission impacting the double-asteroid system of Didymos and Dimorphos.
Robots Might Jump Around to Explore the Moon
LEAP (Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plateau) is a mission concept study, funded by ESA, to explore challenging lunar terrains…
Is Europe Building its Own Starship? Not Exactly
Europe plans to have its own reusable spacecraft for cargo and crewed missions to LEO and beyond. It's called SUSIE…
Bouncy Castles on the Moon. Inflated Habitats Might be the Best Way to Get Started on a Lunar Base
According to a new ESA-supported study, a lunar habitat made from prefabricated inflatable modules could lead to a sustained human…
Satellites are Tracking Rivers of Garbage Flowing Across the Oceans
There's an ocean of human-made garbage floating through Earth's seas. From plastic straws to beverage bottles and food wrappers, the…
ESA’s EnVision Mission Doesn’t Have a lot of Fuel, so it’s Going to Aerobrake in the Atmosphere of Venus
Venus has almost been “the forgotten planet,” with only one space mission going there in the past 30 years. But…
Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!
The third Gaia Data Release (DR3) has been released, and is already leading to some major breakthroughs in astronomy!
ESA is About to Release its Third Giant Data Release From Gaia
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia Observatory is a mission dedicated to astrometry, a branch of astronomy where the velocity…