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Europe's first deep-space optical communication link
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical ...
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As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science: 'Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation'
Despite geopolitical tension and national budget woes, one message rang out loud and clear at Living Planet Symposium 2025: ...
Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europe’s launcher challenge
The five companies ESA selected are Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, PLD Space, and Orbex. Only one of ...
Webb scratches beyond the surface of the Cat's Paw for third anniversary
To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch ...
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ESA selects five companies for next phase of launcher competition
ESA has selected five launch vehicle startups to proceed to the next phase of a competition for launches and launch vehicle ...
The Webb Telescope captures a mesmerizing view of the Cat's Paw nebula
Feast your eyes on the most mesmerizing feline foot known to humankind. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured this ...
Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad
Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...
NASA's asteroid target practice may not have been the success we thought
There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...
“Feels like launch day again”: Shubhanshu Shukla's family prays for his return as Axiom-4 undocking nears
The Ax-4 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from ISRO, ESA astronaut Slawosz “Suave” ...
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Romania aims at public deficit of "around 8% of GDP" this year, PM says
Cutting the public deficit to 7% of GDP this year is out of question, there is no way to achieve this – Romania's prime minister Ilie Bolojan said in a press conference on July 11, adding that his ...
Axiom-4 Mission: Shubhanshu Shukla Begins Journey Back to Earth as SpaceX Capsule Undocks from ISS
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla begins his journey back to Earth as the SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from the ISS, concluding ...
8 Rare Black Hole Images Captured By NASA Hubble Space Telescope
Here are 8 rare and stunning black hole images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, showing deep space wonders.