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Space News January 19, 2012

Vega rocket ready for first flight

Final checkout of Europe’s new Vega launcher was completed last Friday, marking another milestone towards its maiden flight from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana….

Space News January 16, 2012

Planck’s HFI completes its survey of early Universe

The High Frequency Instrument on ESA’s Planck mission has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang. The sensor ran out of…

Space News January 9, 2012

Overview of ESA activities in 2012

First launch of Vega Europe’s family of launchers will welcome its smallest member, Vega. Location: CSG, Europe’s Spaceport (French Guiana) Date: 9 February BepiColombo presentation…

Space News October 20, 2011

Soyuz – Galileo IOV launch delayed

Following an anomaly detected during fueling of the Soyuz launcher’s third stage, the final countdown has been interrupted. Soyuz and its two Galileo IOV satellites,…

Space News October 19, 2011

Watch online: Soyuz – Galileo IOV launch

Soyuz VS01, the first Soyuz flight from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, was transferred to the launch zone on 14 October 2011. The vehicle was…

Space News September 27, 2011

European experts follow satellite reentry

ESA closely monitored the reentry on 24 September of the UARS observatory satellite. The Agency’s Space Debris Office worked with NASA and international partners in…

Space News September 22, 2011

46th successful launch in a row of the Astrium-built Ariane 5

Ariane 5, the European launch vehicle developed and manufactured by Astrium, today successfully lifted-off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. For FranÃ§ois Auque,…

Space News September 12, 2011

Astrium Galileo satellites accepted by ESA

Kourou, 12 September 2011 First and second Astrium-built Galileo satellites successfully pass ESAâ€™s technical acceptance review Two IOV satellites set to be launched on…

Space News September 5, 2011

All the pieces are coming together for the next long mission by a European astronaut. Now it has a name and logo. ESA today revealed…

Space News August 8, 2011

Ariane 5â€™s fourth launch of 2011

Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europeâ€™s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-1N and…

Space News July 27, 2011

New uses for Space Station

For more than a decade, the International Space Station has been a busy orbiting research lab. But it could soon take on a new role…

Space News June 24, 2011

Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus’ water plumes

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission has directly sampled the water plumes jetting into space from Saturnâ€™s moon Enceladus. The findings from these fly-throughs are the strongest…

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