European agency offers support for struggling space sector
The European Space Agency unveiled plans on Thursday to speed up payments to the space industry in the face of mounting job cuts, while imposing more scrutiny following cost overruns and delays.
Fighting space junk: More than 100 partners sign Europe's 'Zero Debris Charter'
ESA is promoting the Zero Debris Charter, which aims to increase international efforts and cooperation to solve Earth's growing space junk problem. And the agency now has attracted well over 100 signatories to the charter, following a ceremony at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 14.
European Space Agency discusses SpaceX joining Zero Debris charter to tackle space junk
The European Space Agency is in discussions with SpaceX to join its Zero Debris charter, aimed at reducing space debris by 2030. With 110 nations involved, the initiative addresses the growing risk to satellites from orbital junk.
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Exclusive: Europe agency says it is in talks with SpaceX on tackling space junk
The European Space Agency is in talks with SpaceX about the possibility of Elon Musk's space venture joining an international charter designed to reduce a growing swarm of debris in space, Director General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters.
SpaceX to tackle space junk
The European Space Agency is in discussions with SpaceX to join its Zero Debris charter, an initiative aimed at reducing space junk by 2030. With roughly 18,897 pieces of trackable space junk in orbit,
Astronaut released from hospital after return from International Space Station
An unnamed astronaut was released from Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida and returned to Johnson Space Center in ...
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Space Program Maps Tiny Part of Universe, and It’s Absolutely Mind-Blowing
The first fragment captures approximately 100 million celestial sources, including stars within our Milky Way and distant ...
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Global Space Race Heats Up: Cooperation, Competition, and New Frontiers
Current science news focuses on international space developments. The US is negotiating with China for moon sample analysis, ...
Space agencies tracking debris from Boeing-built satellite's explosion in orbit
The U.S. Space Force and Roscosmos are tracking potential threatening debris from a Boeing-built satellite that exploded in ...
Nasa astronaut in hospital after returning from long mission on International Space Station
Nasa astronaut in hospital after returning from long mission on International Space Station - The astronaut touched down off ...
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Space Rivalries and Ancient Mysteries: A Journey Through Time and Space
Recent science news highlights the U.S. and China in talks over lunar samples, citing an intensified space arms race. The ...
Space Agencies Look to Far Horizons and Each Other
This is the most exciting time in space Apollo era in the 1960s' the head of the International Astronautical Federation says ...
Euclid space telescope shows stunning images of faraway galaxies
A photo mosaic of distant galaxies has been released by the European Space Agency. It's a small slice of the work the Euclid ...
NASA, ESA developing space telescopes to detect gravitational changes
NASA is helping the European Space Agency develop space telescopes that can detect gravitational waves caused when black ...