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ESA's Juice is On Its Way to Visit Jupiter's Moons
A new era of exploration at Jupiter's moons began last week with the launch of the European Space Agency's Juice,…
Astronomers Suspected There Should Be a Planet Here, and Then They Took a Picture of it
Two teams independently discovered a super-Jupiter around a nearby Sun-like star using astrometry and direct imaging.
ESA is Building an Early Warning System for Dangerous Asteroids
The European Space Agency is working on a new mission that would act as an early warning system for dangerous,…
Drag Sail Success! This Satellite Won't Turn Into Space Junk
The European Space Agency successfully tested a solar-sail-type device to speed up the deorbit time for a used cubesat carrier…
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…