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The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
ArticleSSC Space has officially opened the Esrange Space Center’s new Orbital Launch Control Center, which will be used to manage future rocket launches from the fa...
ArticleThe European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that, with the launch facility in Sweden currently “under snow,” it is “waiting for spring” to launch an initial...
ArticleWhat happens when a star dies? In 2019, Betelgeuse dimmed in brightness, sparking speculation that it may soon explode as a supernova. While it likely won’t...
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleLeading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted an extraordinary blast from a supermassive black hole. In a matter of hours, the gravitation...
ArticleAstronomers using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted an explosive burst of material t...
ArticleAlthough Themis is making progress, the program is several years behind schedule.
ArticleArianeGroup has announced that the first Themis reusable rocket demonstrator has been fully integrated and is on its own four legs on a launch pad in Sweden....
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleThe European Space Agency (ESA) is advancing on its ambitions for future space transportation. This… The post Europe’s launch contenders revealed as Themis...
ArticleThe ArianeGroup-built Themis reusable booster demonstrator has arrived at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden, following a journey of over 3,000 kilometres by...
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleThe European Space Agency’s Themis programme has suffered another setback, with the inaugural flight of its reusable booster demonstrator now all but certain...
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleThe European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray space telescope recently discovered rapidly fluctuating X-ray signals… The post XMM-Newton observes black...
ArticleThe European Space Agency's XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearb...
ArticleArianeGroup has brought the main elements of the Themis reusable booster demonstrator together for the first time during a “full-fit check.” This milestone p...
ArticleIn December 2024 the first Themis – Europe’s demonstrator of a reusable rocket first stage – completed a ‘full fit-check’ standing tall at ArianeGroup’s faci...
ArticleIn 2024, ESA continued to drive Europe’s innovation and excellence in space, equipping the continent with advanced tools and knowledge to address global and...
ArticleFrom the ESA Blogs.
ArticleToday, ESA’s powerful X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, celebrates 25 years in space. From planets to black holes, the space telescope has delivered many ground...
ArticleThe European Space Agency has announced that it has awarded two new contracts to ArianeGroup to build a second Themis demonstrator and to refine the design o...
ArticleThe European Space Agency has provided a rare update on the progress of its Themis reusable booster demonstrator project. Themis was initially a CNES project...
ArticleThemis flight model main engine bay
ArticleFor the European space industry, the deafening rumble of the ascending rocket was a sigh of relief. On the afternoon of July 9, an Ariane 6 lifted off on a […]
ArticleAn Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force update has identified exceeded temperature limits as the cause of an APU anomaly during the rocket’s inaugural flight. Europe...
ArticleEuropean officials say a software change should correct a problem on the inaugural Ariane 6 launch in July that prevented the rocket’s upper stage from perfo...
ArticleThe Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management of ESA, as the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, of the French space...
ArticleBy using new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA’s XMM-Newton, a team of researchers have made impor...
ArticleGerman aerospace manufacturing company MT Aerospace has begun testing a demonstrator of the landing legs that will be utilized aboard the Themis reusable boo...
ArticleThe first half of 2024 saw hundreds of people across Europe building, cajoling, shipping, lowering, integrating, securing and protecting the precious pieces...
ArticleVideo returned from the ESA Young Professionals Satellite payload, YPSat, attached to the upper stage of the inaugural Ariane 6 rocket, launched on 9 July 20...
ArticleThe European Space Agency is optimistic that its “launcher crisis” is behind it after the mostly successful inaugural launch of the Ariane 6 earlier this month.
ArticleBlack body experiment on Ariane 6 captures Pale Blue Dot
ArticlePariSat school experiment sends back stunning Earth pics
ArticleAriane 6 science-after-school experiment sends back striking snaps
