ESA Iris Is Giving Airplanes Satellite Comms Tech, And That Means Less Wasted Time
6 Jul 2023, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a satellite communications system for airplanes meant to optimize routes and cut fuel consumption
Space Mission Launches in July to Find Out Why the Universe's Expansion Is Gaining Speed
30 Jun 2023, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Europeans Space Agency and NASA will launch the Euclid telescope next month using a SpaceX rocket, it will look at Universe expansion
Space Agency Settles on Spacesuit Design, Won’t Actually Fly Them to Space
27 Jun 2023, 08:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency announced it decided on five winning designs for a possible future spacesuit for its own needs.
Tech Mimicking How Plants Works Could Be Used to Make Oxygen on the Moon and Mars
13 Jun 2023, 14:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A group of European experts are working to mimic plant photosynthesis as a way to generate oxygen on alien worlds, including the Moon and Mars
NASA Goes All In on Orion Engines for First Crewed Mission to the Moon
5 Jun 2023, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is almost done with the engine module for the Artemis II Orion spaceship, will handed over to NASA this month
Europe Is Looking for a New Cargo Supply Spaceship Capable of Carrying Two Tons to Space
5 Jun 2023, 12:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency kicks off the search for its own cargo supply ship for use in space, plans to rent it from private companies
Terrae Novae Plan Shows How Important Europe Is for America's Space Expansion Strategy
26 May 2023, 23:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) has a plan in place to increase its involvement in space exploration, and it's called Terrae Novae
Robot Training for Mars Sample Return Mission Has a Forced Star Wars Connection
26 May 2023, 14:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency is hard at work trying to get the procedures for retrieving Martian samples safely before the Sample Return mission launches
12 People Will Spend Two Months in Spinning Beds to Reveal the Effects of Cycling in Space
24 May 2023, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) announced its first ever experiment involving beds and cycling, meant to advance knowledge in space exploration
Surface Avatar Is an Experiment as Exciting as It Sounds, Controlling Robots From Space
23 May 2023, 12:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up to run an experiment which will see an ISS astronaut control several machines on Earth
Argonaut Is the Hi-Tech Space Truck Designed to Carry Cargo to the Moon
20 May 2023, 23:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Argonaut is the name of a Moon lander designed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and meant to supply cargo to astronauts on the Moon
Deployable and Reusable Spacecraft Heat Protection Is Named After King Arthur's Shield
17 May 2023, 16:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A British space startup is working on a new type of heat shield for spacecraft that is both deployable and reusable, first test coming this year.
Space-Based Solar Farms Will Soon Trap the Sun's Energy and Beam It Down to Earth
17 Apr 2023, 09:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency announces it is actively working on finding ways to harness solar power in space and beam it down to Earth
Fresh Blueprint of Future Moon Space Station Is the Simplest and Most Detailed Yet
30 Mar 2023, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) released a blueprint of the upcoming Gateway lunar space station, it's simple and revealing
30 Years Ago, the ESA Almost Built Their Own Space Shuttle, Details Inside
18 Mar 2023, 20:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's hard to fathom the ESA venturing on their own to build a human-crewed re-useable space vehicle that didn't involve NASA or their own Space Shuttle
Smashing High-Speed Spacecraft Into Asteroids Is Now a Confirmed Planetary Defense Method
2 Mar 2023, 10:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The teams behind the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission publish their first findings, it's clear kinetic impactor can alter an asteroid's course
We'll Soon Be Able to Make Roaming Calls to Astronauts on the Moon
27 Feb 2023, 14:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency is moving forward with plans to build a communication and navigation network around the Moon, Moonlight project enters new phase
Humans Are Now Planning to Ambush a Comet in Space and Strip It of Its Secrets
19 Feb 2023, 00:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready to launch a comet hunting mission targeting comets fresh to our solar system
Three Weeks Warning Is All We Get From New Telescope Hunting Chelyabinsk-Sized Asteroids
17 Feb 2023, 12:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a new asteroid hunting telescope that will be able to detect rocks as small as 20 meters (66 feet) across
The Future of Spaceflight Will be Fraught With Danger, Humanity Shouldn't Shy Away
11 Feb 2023, 10:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The loss of Columbia ensured that the Space Shuttle program wasn't long for this world. By the early 2010s, the four shuttles that remained were retired.