Curtain up for ESA’s new class of astronauts

Clear the stage for lots of smiles from ESA's newly selected astronaut candidates. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced them on 23 November 2022, following the ESA Council at Ministerial level in Paris, France. The European Space Agency chose 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States who Read More

European Service Module, Orion, Moon, Earth

View of ESA's European Service Module that is powering NASA's Orion spacecraft, pointing at our planet and the Moon, taken on the 13th day of flight for the Artemis I mission at 22:06 CET (21:06 GMT), 28 November 2022. DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR1228. It shows Orion and the European Service Module halfway through the Artemis I mission near Read More

ENAIRE explained in La Gomera how drone management in airspace will be automated

• Javier Delgado, ENAIRE's Canary Islands Regional Director, and Raquel Moldes, from the Drone Business Development Department, spoke at the 1st International Aeronautical and Aerospace Congress in La Gomera, which is being held on the island under the title "Canary Islands, the sandbox that looks to the sky" • At this congress, ENAIRE discussed how Read More

Enaire, Eurocontrol and IATA are holding their eleventh annual workshop with airlines to promote aviation safety

At the Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport ENAIRE, EUROCONTROL and IATA are holding their eleventh annual workshop with airlines to promote aviation safety • They are sharing their vision and experiences involving the main safety challenges facing the sector in preparation for the recovery of air traffic • With the participation of EUROCONTROL, IATA, AESA, AENA, Read More

Airbus and Renault Group to advance research on electrification

Partnership to help mature technologies associated with next-generation battery systems. Airbus and Renault Group, worldwide leaders in the aerospace and automotive industries, have signed a research and development agreement which aims at enhancing transversalities and synergies to accelerate both companies’ electrification roadmaps, improving their respective range of products. This partnership will help Airbus mature technologies Read More