Inaugural Space Rider Flight to Occur in 2028
Credit: ESA The European Space Agency has announced that the inaugural flight of its reusable Space Rider vehicle…
NASA Mars spacecraft flip maneuver challenges theory of underground lake
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25,…
Irish space companies won €24m in European Space Agency contracts in 2024 – The Irish Times
Irish companies signed European Space Agency (ESA) contracts with a total value of €24 million last year, a…
European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026
During her mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, French astronaut Sophie Adenot will be tasked…
Canada’s SBQuantum wins contract to supply ESA magnetometer
SAN FRANCISCO – Canada’s SBQuantum has won an €800,000 ($932,000) European Space Agency contract to deliver a prototype…
Astronomers spot first giant star eruption beyond the Solar System
For the first time, astronomers have watched a nearby star hurl an enormous burst of charged material into…
Is a ‘nearly interstellar comet’ connected to 3I/ATLAS? What we know
A newly discovered comet named C/2025 V1 (Borisov) is due to make its closest approach to Earth on…
The International Space Station celebrates 25 years of human life in space. Here’s a look back at it
On October 31, 2000, three astronauts from the United States and Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan on a…
Europe’s NewAthena telescope to detect supermassive black holes at the edge of the universe
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) future space observatory, the NewAthena telescope, could detect an unprecedented number of supermassive…
How Voyaging to Mars Risks Harming an Astronaut’s Eyes – Bloomberg.com
How Voyaging to Mars Risks Harming an Astronaut’s Eyes Bloomberg.comMen and women’s eyes respond differently to spaceflight Earth.comSpaceflight alters brain…
Tackling taste, texture & safety challenges in space food
As space missions grow longer and more complex, food innovation has become a vital part of astronaut well-being…
D-Orbit and mhackeroni conduct in-orbit cybersecurity competition
SAN FRANCISCO – Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced the conclusion Nov. 6 of CTRL+Space, Europe’s first in-orbit…