Space

Space Safety 23/09/2026 518 views 15 likesThe European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been turned on for the first time by its prime contractor – marking a major milestone in its time-critical development...

The purpose of this working group was to assemble a panel of experts to review the most recent data related to extravehicular activity (EVA) prebreathe testing and decompression sickness (DCS) events, venous thromboembolism (VTE) in-flight occurrences, and patent foramen...

More and more details about 3I/ATLAS are filtering through the scientific process as time goes on. Our third known interstellar visitor attracted the attention of some of the most powerful observatories...

Science & Exploration 21/09/2026 579 views 14 likesThe European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction...

If we ever intend to send crewed missions to Mars, as NASA and China plan for the coming decades, several criteria must be met. Some of the most pressing are the...

Agency 19/09/2026 6038 views 14 likesThe European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have launched an official collaboration to celebrate World Space Week 2026 from 4–10 October 2026.   Pokémon x ESA collaboration key art As...

Editor’s note: This feature was updated on Sept. 18, 2026, to add additional details on mission readiness dates. To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification. As part...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of researchers decoded the weather on a distant exoplanet. The target in question was SIMP J0136+09 (or SIMP 0136),...

Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will lift off...

Agency 17/09/2026 119 views 1 likesOn 16 September at its Industry Space Days 2026 event at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands, the European Space Agency (ESA) honoured three space companies with this year’s prestigious awards for excellence and innovation.  European industry is...