Field trip! European Space Agency sends astronauts abroad to learn about rocks
Astronauts need better autonomy as ground control gets further away
Science06 Feb 2023 | 9
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ESA names first Parastronaut: paralympian and aspiring surgeon John McFall
23,000 applied, just 17 made the list of potential crew
Science25 Nov 2022 | 28
Boffins are studying Martian clouds to avoid another Opportunity episode
They look and behave a lot like those on Earth – except they're made of dust
Science18 Nov 2022 | 9
Look! Up in the sky! Proof of concept for satellites beaming energy to Earth!
They'd need to be a kilometer wide and point at even larger landside targets, so they won't fire up the renewables market
Science10 Nov 2022 | 118
NASA details totally doable, not science fiction plan for sending Mars rocks to Earth
So crazy, it just might work
Science29 Oct 2022 | 79
How did ESA's gamma ray-spotting 'scope make it to 20? They totally overdid it
We speak to the boffins behind the mission about hits, misses, engineering, and that extraordinary near death scrape
Science20 Oct 2022 | 6
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This hero probe will smash into an asteroid to see if we can deflect future killer rocks
Feature We chat to the scientists involved in first-of-its-kind mission
Science24 Sep 2022 | 47
Sun's magnetic mystery solved by ESA NASA Solar Orbiter
Understanding solar switchbacks is key to understanding solar winds, and scientists think they've got it
Science14 Sep 2022 | 3
Russian cosmonauts abort ISS spacewalk after suit power fluctuates
Imagine how much Apple would charge for a power lead that long
Science19 Aug 2022 | 14
ESA declares the Sentinel-1B mission over after payload resuscitation ends
What would you do with an otherwise healthy spacecraft?
Science03 Aug 2022 | 11
ESA kicks ExoMars rover down the road, to 2026 at best
The way forward to Mars is cancelled (you meant the meeting, right?)
Science20 Jul 2022 | 4
Dmitry Rogozin sacked as boss of Russian space agency Roscosmos
Bluster and hot air do not make for a sustainable space program
Science15 Jul 2022 | 19
ESA's 2030+ roadmap envisions Europeans on the Moon and Mars
But the agency is distinctly aware that it needs more autonomy
Science05 Jul 2022 | 23
Germany unveils plan to tackle cyberattacks on satellites
Vendors get checklist on what to do when crooks inevitably turn up in space
Security05 Jul 2022 | 10
City-killing asteroid won't hit Earth in 2052 after all
ESA ruins our day with some bad news
Science29 Jun 2022 | 29
Mars Express orbiter to get code update after 19 years
And over millions of miles, too. Piece of cake!?
Science22 Jun 2022 | 51
Could a leaky capacitor be at fault on ESA's Sentinel-1B?
Prepare your 'turn it off and on' jokes as engineers get ready to flip the heaters
Science25 Apr 2022 | 27
ESA: Fly me to the Moon, just not on a Russian rocket
Payloads pulled as Europe eyes alternatives
Science14 Apr 2022 | 16
The Register gets up close and personal with ESA's JUICE spacecraft
Feature Next stop, French Guiana. Then Jupiter
Science11 Apr 2022 | 14
ESA's Sentinel-1A satellite narrowly dodges debris
Who left that bit of rocket there? It's getting a bit crowded in orbit
Science04 Apr 2022 | 31
ExoMars rover launch axed over Russia tensions
ESA will need to source a different rocket, lander, and descent stage in time for next window in 2024
Science17 Mar 2022 | 32
ESA-Russia Mars rover launch on ice after Ukraine invasion
Rosalind Franklin can't catch a break
Science01 Mar 2022 | 6
NASA taps Lockheed Martin to build Mars parcel pickup rocket
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, they said – but Perseverance samples just might make it
Science08 Feb 2022 | 53
Sure, the James Webb Space Telescope is cool and all. But try making one out of Lego
Next: How to throw it a million miles without anything falling off
Offbeat31 Jan 2022 | 8
ESA's Solar Orbiter sneaks in bonus science by choking on the dust of a comet tail (again)
Plucky probe due to make closest pass to the Sun in March
Science26 Jan 2022 | 3
ESA boss gives update on stricken Sentinel-1B imaging satellite: All is not lost yet
Still borked, 1C and 1D are waiting in the wings
Science19 Jan 2022 | 5
European Space Agency whittles wannabe astronauts down from 23,000 to 1,391
Could there be a South Korean TV show somewhere in this?
Science18 Jan 2022 | 10
European Space Agency: Come on, hack our satellite if you think you're hard enough
Space: The final frontier for cybersecurity
Science11 Jan 2022 | 16
New batch of AstroPis relieve Ed and Izzy of duty on board the International Space Station
If you can't find a Pi on Earth, you could run your code on orbit instead
Personal Tech07 Jan 2022 | 9
A moment of tension as the James Webb Space Telescope stretches sunshield on way to L2 destination
Updated Engineers on Earth have five and a half months more of this
Science04 Jan 2022 | 72
Confirmed: James Webb Space Telescope team plans launch for this Xmas Eve after data cable fix
Updated Have all those scientists been naughty ... or nice?
Science16 Dec 2021 | 39
ExoMars parachutes just about good enough to land rover safely on the Red Planet
Nobody wants to see Rosalind Franklin scattered over Oxia Planum
Science14 Dec 2021 | 38
ESA promises to get back to would-be astronauts by the end of 2021
A space thing running late? Who would have thought it?
Science13 Dec 2021 | 3
It's primed and full of fuel, the James Webb Space Telescope is ready to be packed up prior to launch
Fingers crossed the telescope will finally take to space on 22 December
Science07 Dec 2021 | 56
Galileo satnav system gets two new somewhat confusing satellites
Despite being the 27th and 28th launched, they're the first of a dozen first-gen birds
Science06 Dec 2021 | 39
ESA's Mars Express picks up plaintive bleeps of China's Zhurong rover, adding much-needed comms redundancy
We're all ears
Science02 Dec 2021 | 6
ESA's Solar Orbiter sails safely past Earth despite orbiting debris concerns
See if you can guess when the spacecraft thrusters took over
Science01 Dec 2021 | 12
ESA's Solar Orbiter will swing past Earth this week – sure hope nobody created a big cloud of space junk up there
Interview Oh wait
Science25 Nov 2021 | 30
James Webb Space Telescope gets all shook up – launch delayed again
Space agencies have been planning this thing since 1996, so what's four more days?
Science23 Nov 2021 | 39
ESA tries listening to a red rover on the Red Planet: How did it go? The sound of silence
Mars Express wanted to demonstrate its relay smarts once again, but space agency mum on progress
Science11 Nov 2021 | 2
Darmstadt, we have a problem – ESA reveals its INTEGRAL space telescope was three hours from likely death
Gamma ray-spotting 'scope was spinning uncontrollably and unable to make 'leccy until dramatic rescue
Science20 Oct 2021 | 41
ESA and JAXA release Mercury eyecandy, courtesy of spacecraft BepiColumbo
Fourth of nine scheduled planetary assists completed as spacecraft inches closer to releasing its orbiters
Science04 Oct 2021 | 19
James Webb Space Telescope penciled in for launch this century. Yes, Dec 18, 2021
This thing better not explode on the pad
Science09 Sep 2021 | 31
ESA swamped by over 23,000 applicants for astronaut program
Apologises for slow processing, says those invited for further tests will hear by November
Science25 Aug 2021 | 13
Euro space boffins hatch comms satellite hijack plan to save Earth from extinction
Liv Tyler-friendly Armageddon-avoidance project won't want to miss a thing with repurposed orbiters
Science13 Jul 2021 | 55
Your spacesuit ran into a problem and needs to restart
ISS solar array installation overran after a good old 'off and on again'
Science17 Jun 2021 | 17
Spacewalk veterans take a trip outside the ISS to pump up the power with new solar arrays
Lego ISS fans, look away now
Science16 Jun 2021 | 13
Surviving eclipse season and resurrecting 25-year-old software with Windows for Workgroups 3.11: One year with Mars Express
Space extenders ESA's veteran probe left for its mission 18 years ago today
Science02 Jun 2021 | 45
ESA signs off on contracts for lunar data relay and navigation
Surrey Satellite and Airbus to ponder a fleet of Moonlight satellites
Science21 May 2021 | 16
SpaceX flings another bunch of humans into orbit in reused capsule atop reused booster
Second jaunt to the International Space Station for Endeavour
Science23 Apr 2021 | 25
Satellite collision anticipated by EU space agency fails to materialize... for now at least
Internet rubberneckers and crisis-starved media left to ponder non-event
Science10 Apr 2021 | 41
ESA gives UK space an £8.5m Boost: Rocketeers eye a 2022 launch
Lawmakers still need to sign off on launch from UK soil, though
Science25 Mar 2021 | 11
Good news: An end is in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic. Bad news: Nitrogen dioxide pollution is on the up as life returns to normal
Say goodbye to the lovely cleaner air we've been breathing for a year
Science16 Mar 2021 | 19
ESA mulls sending waves of robot explorers into dark depths of lunar lava tubes
Lidar-equipped spherical probes or solar panel-powered cranes, perhaps?
Science26 Feb 2021 | 18
No fair! Space Launch System gets cool stickers even though monster rocket failed test
They say 'NASA' and 'ESA', not 'You tried'
Science24 Feb 2021 | 17
European Space Agency open to hiring astronauts with a physical disability
‘Help Wanted … in Space’ signs go up for first time in over a decade
Science17 Feb 2021 | 18
ESA signs off on three more service modules for Moon mission – despite agency boss casting doubt on 2024 landing
Director General injects some reality into the lunar landing schedule
Science02 Feb 2021 | 20
ESA signs on the dotted line for ESPRIT, Europe's Lunar Gateway module
In brief Also: Another One Leaves the Crust, SLS gets ready to rumble, and SpaceX sets off the 2021 fireworks
Science08 Jan 2021 | 8
Earth observation chief Dr Josef Aschbacher takes reins at European Space Agency
In brief Also: Rocket Lab rounds out a busy year, OneWeb returns to constellation work, NASA ploughs ahead with Orion
Science22 Dec 2020 | 10
Double trouble for Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit as aborted test flight and COVID-19 keep both grounded
In brief Also: ESA signs contracts for the Space Rider and Boeing's Calamity Capsule aims for March 2021
Software14 Dec 2020 | 16
European Space Agency will launch giant claw that drags space junk to its doom
No, really. It has signed a contract to make this happen in 2025
Science27 Nov 2020 | 47
US-EU project to bring Mars samples back to Earth needs two more years, extra $4bn, watchdog warns
First stage already on its way to the Red Planet, full steam ahead
Science11 Nov 2020 | 14
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