SPACENEWS

They may be microscopic, but their ability to sequester carbon is phenomenal. We are talking phytoplankton – and scientists working on a project funded by ESA are assessing different aspects of the role that these tiny plants play in the ocean carbon cycle to better understand climate processes. Our oceans play a fundamental role in Read More

Antennas and radio frequency systems for space are growing larger and more powerful, so to keep pace ESA’s ground-based test facilities are scaling up too. A construction project underway beside the dunes of the North Sea marks the expansion of the ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands with the addition of Europe’s largest antenna and Read More

Deciding to go to Jupiter was the easy part: it’s by far the largest planet around the Sun, resembling a Solar System in its own right with its many moons, three of which may well be home to hidden oceans beneath their icy surfaces. Then came the practical question: how do we actually put together a mission to Read More

Preparing the Juice mission to Jupiter has involved testing for all kinds of contingencies, down to the smallest of scales. This microscopic view shows surface damage to a tiny silver interconnector after being exposed to erosive atomic oxygen known to be found surrounding Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Due to launch on 13 April to begin an Read More

• General Treceño was a representative of the European Union Military Committee for the implementation of the Single European Sky • He is replacing Major General Manuel Gimeno Araguez, who retired • Over the last three years, Civil-Military Coordination has laid the foundations for the effective application of the flexible use of airspace ENAIRE, Spain's Read More

Over the past few days, Juice has been transferred to the final assembly building and mounted onto the Ariane 5 rocket that will carry it into space. These photos capture the key milestones in this process. Juice placed on an air cushion platform Juice enters ‘clean room on wheels’ Juice exits ‘clean room on wheels’ Read More

Discover the top five mysteries ESA’s mission Euclid will help solve. ESA's Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, Read More

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Credits: NASA NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s Read More

The European Commission and the European Space Agency are jointly offering flight ticket opportunities for European companies or organisations to co-fund the launch services to test your new satellite technologies in space. This Flight Ticket Initiative is designed to give promising technology and service concepts the in-orbit testing needed to reach commercial maturity. Under this Read More

In brief ESA's Integral space observatory has had a tough few years. But with the commissioning of the spacecraft's new 'safe mode', the future looks as bright as the gamma-ray bursts it keeps an eye out for. In-depth Rescuing Integral – the story so far In 2020, the thrusters on ESA’s Integral spacecraft failed. To keep Read More