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After 50 successful years, the European Space Agency has some big challenges ahead

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly successful missions, but is different to other space agencies which generally represent one country. Esa is funded by 23 member states and also has cooperation agreements with nations such as Canada.

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Playmobil, ESA partner on toy starter pack for a space mission on the moon

They have taken them to space (for real) and advised on their futuristic Mars vehicles. Now the European Space Agency is partnering again with Playmobil to explore the moon.

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Planet hunter Plato gets its eyes | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025

Plato, the European Space Agency's terrestrial planet hunter spacecraft, is seen after having 24 of its 26 cameras installed.

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Europe's space agency weighs fallout from proposed NASA budget cuts that could threaten joint missions

The European Space Agency is assessing how proposed cuts to NASA's budget could impact it as major cooperative missions face the threat of cancellation.

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Space junk: Which European country poses the highest collision risk?

Experts say space junk re-entering Earth's atmosphere could jump to 15 objects a day within 10 years.

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New photos from European Mars orbiter show dynamic, volcanic Red Planet terrain

The European Space Agency just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic terrain of the Red Planet's Acheron Fossae region.

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Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa with participation from the European Space Agency (Esa). The mission will allow scientists to use the best laboratory instruments on Earth to determine whether Mars hosted…

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Europe's life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft

The European Space Agency has picked Airbus to build the landing platform for the life-hunting ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028.

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ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem

The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

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The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this amazing space telescope.

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European Space Agency launches competition to find its next commercial rocket by 2028

The European Space Agency has kicked off a competition to support the development of new launch vehicles and boost Europe's access to space.

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A new perspective: How Earth observation helps tackle global challenges | Euronews Tech Talks

What is Earth observation? What challenges can it help us to address? Euronews Tech Talks spoke with Jean-Christophe Gros, an EU programme coordinator at ESA.

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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART impact in the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system.

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

Humans will likely set foot on the Moon again in the coming decade. While many stories in this new chapter of lunar exploration will be reminiscent of the Apollo missions 50 years ago, others may look quite different.

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Tim Peake is going back to space. It's a different world to the one he left

Britain’s favourite astronaut on the future of space – and Elon Musk

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Houston, we have a solution: Why Britain can win big by betting on the new space race

Britain’s space industry is quietly booming — now it’s time to launch it to new heights

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SpaceComm Expo 2025: Richard Branson, ESA's Josef Aschbacher as keynote speakers

The event is scheduled to take place at the ExCeL London on March 11-12

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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to track its course

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Europe signs contract for its 1st moon lander, Argonaut

The Argonaut moon lander one way the European Space Agency is getting involved in international lunar exploration endeavors.

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How satellites have become Earth’s new health and nature watchdogs

Satellite-derived Earth observation (EO) data helps researchers like me unlock new insights into monitoring both environmental and human health.

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Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

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SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission with China in early 2026 after a long collaboration.

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ESA at 50: five decades of space innovation and cosmic achievements

This year, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has achieved several important milestones in space exploration, space science and Earth observation.

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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals.

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Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

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