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ESA launches Moonlight to establish lunar communications and navigation infrastructure
N° 60-2024: ESA launches Moonlight to establish lunar communications and navigation infrastructure Today, ESA officially launched its Moonlight programme, a landmark initiative to create a satellite constellation orbiting the Moon for communications and navigation services. With over 400 planned lunar missions by space agencies and private companies in the next two decades, this programme marks a significant step towards sustainable lunar exploration and the development of a lunar economy.
Contract secures build for ESA’s Harmony mission
ESA has awarded a contract valued at over ¤280 million to OHB in Germany to build ESA's two Harmony Earth Explorer satellites.
Planetary defence mission Hera heading for deflected asteroid
ESA's first planetary defence spacecraft has departed planet Earth.
Media invitation: Discover ESTEC - ESA’s largest space establishment in Europe
On Sunday, 6 October, ESA ESTEC , our technical heart in the Netherlands, will host its 13th annual Open Day, welcoming around 12 000 visitors. ESA's largest establishment in Europe will offer people an unparalleled opportunity to meet space engineers, astronauts and see actual space hardware.
ESA-DLR lunar analogue facility inaugurated
LUNA, Europe's new 'Moon on Earth', is set to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of lunar exploration.
Press Invitation: ESA Open Day at ESRIN for European Researchers’ Night
On 27September, the ESA facility in Italy, dedicated to Earth observation programmes, will open its doors to visitors for the annual ESA Open Day at ESRIN , coinciding with the European Researchers' Night.
ESA 3D prints first metal part on the International Space Station
The first metal 3D printer in space, a collaboration between ESA and Airbus, has printed its first metal product on the International Space Station, a breakthrough in crew autonomy for future long-duration exploration missions.
Sentinel-2C joins the Copernicus family in orbit
The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite launched today aboard the final Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-2C will continue providing high-resolution data that is essential to Copernicus - Europe's world leading Earth observation programme.
Media invitation: First stone ceremony of ESA’s first Flyeye Telescope on 6 September 2024 in Sicily
N° 45-2024: Media invitation: First stone ceremony of ESA's first Flyeye Telescope on 6 September 2024 in Sicily Media representatives are cordially invited to join the first stone ceremony of the European Space Agency's (ESA
Media invitation: ESA at the International Astronautical Congress 2024
ESA will join the International Astronautical Congress 2024 (IAC) that will be hosted in Milano, Italy, from 14 to 18 October 2024, at the MICO Convention Centre . At this unique global space discussion forum, ESA will pre
Media invitation: Hera event at ESA’s mission control centre
Hera, ESA's first planetary defence mission, is expected to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, not earlier than Monday, 7 October, 2024.
ESA Astronaut Reserve starts training in October
The ESA Astronaut Reserve group will begin a first, out of three, two-month training programme at ESA's European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, in October 2024.
Media invitation: Hera pre-launch media briefings
Hera, ESA's planetary defence mission is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, not earlier than Monday 7 October 2024.
Media invitation: Inauguration of lunar analogue facility LUNA
ESA and the German Aerospace Agency (Deutsche Zentrum für Luftund Raumfahrt, DLR) invite media to attend the inauguration of LUNA, Europe's new 'Moon on Earth' on Wednesday, 25 September, in Cologne, Germany.
Media invitation: Join Europe’s space community at the Industry Space Days on 18-19 September
N° 48-2024: Media invitation: Join Europe's space community at the Industry Space Days on 18-19 September Media are invited to join Europe's space community at the Industry Space Days at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on 18-19 September 2024.
European drill and mini lab secure ride to the Moon
ESA's prospect package, including drill and a miniaturised laboratory, will fly to the lunar South Polar region in search of volatiles including water ice as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
Media invitation: First stone ceremony of ESA’s first Flyeye Observatory on 6 September 2024 in Sicily
N° 45-2024: Media invitation: First stone ceremony of ESA's first Flyeye Observatory on 6 September 2024 in Sicily Media representatives are cordially invited to join the first stone ceremony of the European Space Agency's (E
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