The National Observatory of Athens played a pivotal role in the first-ever optical communication link with a spacecraft in deep space, ...

There have been several attempts over the decades to build a so-called Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) vehicle, but thus far, ...

The most recent Xbox Showcase included the announcement of a surprising partnership: For their first space adventure, the ...

Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) was  awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Third-Party Mission program to supply historical weather data collected by its satellites. Under the ...

European Space Agency (ESA) director of space transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen thinks that SpaceX’s Starship will neither be a game changer nor a real competitor to its Ariane 6 satellite ...

The European Space Agency has formed its fourth class since 1978 with 5 Europeans who have completed basic astronaut training along with a graduate from the Australian Space Agency.

European Space Agency Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite is currently in orbit over the Amazon rainforest.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is pushing for its members to back a program to allow it to independently send astronauts to space and set ambitious, long-term human exploration goals.

The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has released a catalog, the most detailed to date, of more than 1.5 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

The European Space Agency expects strong support from its U.S. counterpart NASA after the agency's plans to cooperate with Russia on a Mars research mission were suspended due to the Ukraine war.

The European Space Agency will vote on Wednesday on whether to spend billions more euros to keep up with rising competition in space, as well as unveiling its much-anticipated new crop of astronauts.

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