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  • ESA:
    The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.
  • ESA:
    BepiColombo approaches Mercury

    The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been cruising towards Mercury since October 2018. With just one year to go until it arrives at its destination, what has the mission achieved so far? And what can we expect from its two spacecraft after they enter orbit around the Solar System’s smallest and least-explored rocky planet

  • NASA:
    Description NASA’s Europa Clipper captured this image of a starfield — and the planet Uranus — on Nov. 5, 2025, while experimenting with one of its two stellar reference units. These star-tracking cameras are used for maintaining spacecraft orientation. Within the camera’s field of view — representing 0.1% of the full sky around the spacecraft […]
  • NASA:
    NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at 11:14 a.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The one-of-a-kind aircraft flew for 67 minutes before landing and taxiing to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew […]
  • NASA:
    NASA named astronaut Scott Tingle as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, effective Nov. 10. A decorated spaceflight veteran and former captain in the United States Navy, Tingle has logged more than 4,500 flight hours in 51 different aircraft and served as a flight engineer aboard the International […]
  • NASA:
    October marked the fifth anniversary of NASA and the original founders signing the Artemis Accords, as well as the recognition of Hungary, Malaysia and the Philippines joining the expanding coalition dedicated to the peaceful exploration of space. The number of countries involved now totals 59. “NASA welcomes the newest signatories, whose participation strengthens the global […]
  • NASA:
    NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday, Nov. 27, accompanied by cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, where they will join the Expedition 73 crew advancing scientific research. Williams, Kud-Sverchkov, and Mikaev will lift off at 4:27 a.m. EST (2:27 p.m. Baikonur time) […]
  • NASA:
    Mars and Mercury will cozy up together in the night sky just after sunset on November 12th. The planets will experience what is known as a conjunction, meaning they appear close together in the sky from our view (even though in real life, Mars and Mercury are well over 100 million miles apart).
  • NASA:
    A collaboration between the NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC) and Earth to Sky (ETS) – an exciting, growing partnership between NASA, the National Park Service, and other federal, state, and local organizations – is facilitating the implementation of a simple, yet incredibly effective activity that will help millions of national park visitors connect with […]
  • NASA:
    As 2026 nears, NASA continues moving forward to launching and flying Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign, no later than April next year. NASA’s Orion spacecraft, complete with its launch abort system escape tower, is now integrated with the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at […]
  • NASA:
    The pungent gas contributes to fine airborne particulate pollution, which endangers human health when inhaled and absorbed in the bloodstream.  A recent study led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the nonprofit Aerospace Corporation shows how high-resolution maps of ground-level ammonia plumes can be generated with airborne sensors, highlighting a […]
  • NASA:
    NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28 at 11:14 a.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The one-of-a-kind aircraft flew for 67 minutes before landing and taxiing to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the […]
  • NASA:
    ​Media Contact Quesst Media Lead: Kristen Hatfield, 757-817-5522 First Flight Videos First Flight Highlight Reel (1:43) First Flight Extended B-Roll (7:39) Articles NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Prepares for More Flight Testing First Flight Images More X-59 imagery is available in NASA’s Quesst Image Gallery Historical Resources Taxi Test B-Roll Rollout of the X-59 Quesst Supersonic Plane […]
  • NASA:
    Listen to this audio excerpt from Ethan Jacobs, a helicopter pilot and member of the Colorado Army National Guard developing a foundational flight training course for Artemis astronauts: High above the Rocky Mountains, Ethan Jacobs is helping NASA preparing to land people on the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA […]
  • NASA:
    NASA has selected 10 new citizen science proposals for funding in 2025. These selections provide a preview of what’s coming next for NASA citizen science. Note that these investigations are research grants: some of them will result in new opportunities for the public, while others will analyze or build on results from earlier citizen science projects.
  • NASA:
    Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They used data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and other observatories as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all, from the Moon to Mars and beyond. By examining the rotation, chemistry, […]
  • NASA:
    Huy Nguyen grew up hearing about rocket engines and space flight around the family table. His parents worked for NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, and those early conversations eventually started his path to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. “They both created a household that allowed me to be curious […]
  • ESA:
    ESA presented Excellence and Innovation awards to its suppliers

    The European Space Agency (ESA) brings public and ESA-wide recognition of the outstanding performance of European companies working in the frame of ESA programmes and projects.

  • ESA:
    ESA and CAS teams working on the Smile mission

    Smile has passed its qualification and flight acceptance review, meaning that it meets all requirements for launch. The launch window has been set for 8 April to 7 May 2026.

  • DLR:
    Nordrhein-Westfalen baut mit der Erweiterung des SpaceHub Cologne den Raumfahrtstandort Köln weiter aus. Auf dem Gelände des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Köln wird der Standort der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation ESA um einen Neubau erweitert. Am 20. November 2025 unterzeichneten Mona Neubaur, Stellvertretende Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dr. Walther Pelzer, DLR-Vorstand und Generaldirektor der Deutschen Raumfahrtagentur im DLR, Klaus Hamacher, Stellvertretender Vorsitzender des DLR-Vorstandes, und Daniel Neuenschwander, Direktor für astronautische und robotische Exploration bei der ESA eine entsprechende Absichtserklärung.
  • ESA:
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    The press conference, at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, follows the signing of contracts between Thales Alenia Space Italy, UK and France, OHB system AG (Germany) and Nammo (UK) for the ESA’s lunar lander programme Argonaut.

    The programme is a key part of ESA’s lunar strategy and will support future robotic and crewed missions, contributing to international efforts to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon.

  • ESA:

    Today, the European Space Agency’s Argonaut lunar lander programme welcomes new members to its growing family. At ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) near Cologne, Germany, Thales Alenia Space Italy – the prime contractor for Argonaut’s first lander – signed agreements with Thales Alenia Space in France, OHB in Germany, and Thales Alenia Space and Nammo in the United Kingdom.

  • ESA:
    Copernicus Sentinel-1D on its way to orbit

    On 17 December 2025, two Galileo satellites will be launched by Arianespace on Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This 14th operational launch in the Galileo programme will improve the precision, availability and robustness of the Galileo system. These satellites will benefit the billions of people who use Galileo daily via their smartphone as well as key sectors such as critical infrastructure, autonomous driving, air traffic, maritime, agriculture, emergency services and rescue operations. 

  • ESA:
    Observation of 40 000 near-Earth Asteroids

    Astronomers recently discovered the 40 000th near-Earth asteroid! These space rocks range from a few metres to a few kilometres in size and are on orbits that bring them relatively close to Earth. Each new discovery is both a reminder of our planet’s vulnerability and a testament to how far the field of planetary defence has advanced in just a few decades. 

  • DLR:
    +++ Probanden (m/w) gesucht! – Bewerbungsphase für Kampagne 3 +++ Sensomotorische Beeinträchtigungen nach Aufenthalten im Weltraum – eine Studie möglicher Gegenmaßnahmen. Für die neue NASA-Bettruhe-Studie suchen wir wieder ProbandInnen, die als terrestrische AstronautInnen am Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Köln die raumfahrtmedizinische Forschung unterstützen. Mit der Studie erforschen wir weitere Möglichkeiten zur Gesunderhaltung von Astronautinnen und Astronauten in der Zukunft.
  • NASA:
    In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than 290 people from 26 countries have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting thousands of experiments that have advanced science and technology on Earth and paved the way for […]
  • NASA:
    After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency’s Quesst mission. The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the sound of loud sonic booms to […]
  • NASA:
    In August 2025, 47 students from NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) culminated a summer of science by presenting their research to an audience of mentors, professors, family, friends, and NASA personnel. SARP is a summer internship for undergraduate students, hosted in two cohorts: this year SARP West operated out of Guardian Jet Center and University of California, […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisor: Stacey Hughes, University of New Hampshire Graduate Mentor: Katherine Paredero, Georgia Institute of Technology Atmospheric Chemistry Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Stacey Hughes and Graduate Mentor Katherine Paredero Kaylena Pham Spooky Swamps: How Methane Emission Rates and Their Spatial Variability Differ Between the Great Dismal Swamp and the Alligator River  Kaylena Pham, University of […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisors: Lisa Haber, Virginia Commonwealth University Brandon Alveshere, Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Mentor: Kayla Preisler, University of Arizona Terrestrial Fluxes Group Introduction Rice Rivers Center Director Chris Gough and Graduate Mentor Kayla Preisler Quinn Koch Monitoring Postfire Ecosystem Recovery With Spectral Indices and Eddy-Covariance Flux Towers  Quinn Koch, University of California, Los Angeles  Fire […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisors: Daniel Sousa, San Diego State University  Graduate Mentor: Megan Ward-Baranyay, San Diego State University  Land Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Daniel Sousa Robert Purvis Fractional cover estimates of the epiphytic macrolichen Ramalina menziesii in oak canopies from simulated mixed spectra and airborne imaging spectroscopy  Robert Purvis, Western Kentucky University  Lichens, a symbiotic relationship between […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisor: Henry Houskeper, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute  Graduate Mentor: Camille Pawlak, University of California, Los Angeles  Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Henry Housekeeper Molly McKellar Spatiotemporal dynamics of canopy-forming kelp forests in the Russian province of Kamchatka  Maria (Molly) McKellar, University of Wisconsin, Madison  Interannual variability in canopy-forming kelps and the environmental conditions in […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisors: Andreas Beyersdorf, California State University, San Bernardino  Graduate Mentor: Bradley Ries, University of California, Riverside  Aerosols Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Andreas Beyersdorf Martha Santiago Aerosol Pollution in Two Coastal Agricultural Regions in the United States  Martha Santiago, Northwestern University  Although air quality has improved across the United States since the passage of the […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisors: Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Graduate Mentor: Sarah Lang, University of Rhode Island Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Tom Bell and Graduate Mentor Sarah Lang Isabella Showman  Detecting Coastal Sea Ice Extent and Freshet Event Timing in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Using Sentinel-1 C-SAR  Isabella Showman, University of Washington  The detachment of coastal […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisor: Donald Blake, University of California, Irvine Graduate Mentor: Oluwaseun Moses Akinola, University of Connecticut Whole Air Sampling Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Donald Blake Sarah Kinlaw Impact of Dairies on Ozone Production in Ontario, CA  Sarah Kinlaw, College of William & Mary  In the center of Ontario, California’s urban sprawl sits 5 square miles […]
  • NASA:
    Faculty Advisor: Dom Ciruzzi, William & Mary Graduate Mentor: Sarah Payne, University of California, Santa Barbara Ecohydrology Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Dom Ciruzzi and Graduate Mentor Sarah Payne Ethan Bledsoe Uncovering Hidden Green to Reveal Water: Can Spectral Unmixing of Vegetation Reduce Evapotranspiration Bias in Semi-Arid Landscapes?  Ethan Bledsoe, Northwestern University  Deserts push life to its […]
  • NASA:
    Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object — from the closest location any of the agency’s spacecraft may get — that could reveal new details. At the start of October, three of NASA’s Mars spacecraft had front row seats to view 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object so far discovered in […]
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  • NASA:
    Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast flyby through a plume of Saturn’s icy moon. A new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission found evidence of previously undetected organic compounds in a plume of ice particles ejected from the ocean that lies under […]
  • NASA:
    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding beyond the next in precisely the same pattern. (The fourth is almost transparent, at the edges of Webb’s image.) Observations taken prior to Webb only detected one shell, […]
  • NASA:
    Los creadores digitales y usuarios de redes sociales están invitados a inscribirse para asistir al lanzamiento de la misión Artemis II de la NASA. El cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la agencia lanzará al espacio la nave espacial Orion desde el complejo de lanzamientos 39B en el Centro Espacial Kennedy […]
  • NASA:
    Lee esta nota en español aquí Digital creators and social media users are invited to register to attend the launch of the NASA’s Artemis II mission. The agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will launch the Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four astronauts aboard will fly around […]
  • ESA:
    Webb: CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 in MACS J1149.5+2223

    Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole within a galaxy just 570 million years after the Big Bang. Part of a class of small, very distant galaxies that have mystified astronomers, CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 represents a vital piece of this puzzle and challenges existing theories about the formation of galaxies and black holes in the early Universe. The discovery connects early black holes with the luminous quasars we observe today.

  • NASA:
    Alyssa Yockey supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a flight lead at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is one of the world’s largest indoor pools where astronauts and support teams conduct trainings and other large-scale operations, both in the water and on the pool deck.  […]
  • NASA:
    Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 From Curiosity’s ridge-top perch among the boxwork unit, the highlight of the week was the successful drilling of the “Nevado Sajama” target. The data collected by APXS, ChemCam, and MAHLI from the rover workspace and its immediate vicinity […]
  • NASA:
    Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 We are in the most intensive phase of the boxwork structures investigation — the drill campaign. The boxwork campaign group requested a pair of drilled targets — one in a hollow (the […]
  • NASA:
    NGC 1068, a relatively nearby spiral galaxy, appears in this image released on July 23, 2025. The galaxy contains a black hole at its center that is twice as massive as the Milky Way’s. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory data shows a million-mile-per-hour wind is being driven from NGC 1068’s black hole and lighting up the […]
  • ESA:

    Ministerial Council 2025

  • NASA:
    Brian Alpert’s path was always destined for the aerospace industry, but his journey turned toward NASA’s Johnson Space Center during his sophomore year in college. That was when Tricia Mack, who works in NASA’s Transportation Integration Office within the International Space Station Program, spoke to his aerospace seminar about planning spacewalks, training crews, and supporting […]
  • ESA:
    HydroGNSS

    Update 19 November: The launch is now targeted for 26 November. 

    The European Space Agency’s HydroGNSS, a twin-satellite mission to gather data on Earth’s water cycle, is scheduled to launch on 26 November at 19:18 CET (10:18 Pacific Time). Live coverage of the launch will be shown on ESA Web TV.