Software patch fixes Euclid space telescope navigation bug
Probe goes loopy after mistaking solar rays for stars
Software11 Oct 2023 | 8
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ESA's Vega rocket delivers Taiwanese and Thai satellites to low Earth orbit
Also on board, cubesat that dodges space debris with plasma braking technology
Science09 Oct 2023 | 1
ESA funds space weather satellite swarm to understand and combat orbital debris
Prof warns El Reg solar storms may cause cascading collisions that make some orbits unusable
Science06 Oct 2023 | 12
ESA delays Vega-C's return after nozzle design fails tests
Eurolauncher won't fly again until 2024 as it awaits another redesign
Science03 Oct 2023 | 7
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares
Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time
Science27 Sep 2023 | 57
That's gas: CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life
Hey, ESA: Can Juice get there any faster?
Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 9
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NARROWER TOPICS
ESA gets the job of building Europe's secure satcomms network
IRIS2 oversight deal signed as constellation’s schedule slips, and Ariane 6 hits another snag
Cybersecurity Month22 Sep 2023 | 4
Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster
Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder
Science14 Sep 2023 | 40
Europe's Ariane 6 takes rocket science seriously by testing patience before engines
Four seconds of fire and fury to be followed by eight minutes then... a launch in 2024?
Science05 Sep 2023 | 10
Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk
Of all the spacecraft in all the orbits around the world, it slams into mine
Science23 Aug 2023 | 45
Airbus to help with International Space Station replacement
Orbiter is supposed to be ready by 2028, so JV partners had better hurry
Science03 Aug 2023 | 46
After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine
Here's looking at Euclid
Science02 Aug 2023 | 30
Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits
ESA is testing that pink stuff from your dirty bathtub as an antimicrobial Moon suit lining
Science01 Aug 2023 | 10
Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica
Video Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either
Science01 Aug 2023 | 6
ESA sees satellite-based air traffic monitoring on near horizon
EURIALO project aims to prove flights can be tracked in real time through multilateration
Networks26 Jul 2023 | 18
Ariane 5 to take final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket
Final update (literally) Launch will leave continent dependent on the US for space missions
Science04 Jul 2023 | 70
Europe's Euclid telescope launches to figure out dark energy, the universe, and everything
Interview We speak to project scientist on effort to build 3D map of space going back ten billion years
Science01 Jul 2023 | 30
BepiColombo probe turns to the dark side … of Mercury
Sends home snaps on third fly-by of six as it heads for orbit in 2025
Science21 Jun 2023 | 13
Universe-mapping Euclid satellite arrives in US ahead of July launch
Neither war nor bad sensors nor a nautical journey will keep this probe from building a 3D map of space
Science03 May 2023 | 9
ESA's Jupiter-bound Juice spacecraft has a sticky problem with its radar
Time to shake, rattle, and roll the probe to remove pesky antenna pin
Science29 Apr 2023 | 28
ESA's Aeolus wind-measuring satellite takes terminal trip into Earth's atmosphere
Weather forecasting mission to end on April, but Aeolus-2 is on the drawing board
Science19 Apr 2023 | 3
ESA's Juice blasts off to squeeze secrets from Jupiter's moons
Few orbital boosts and we'll get the snaps in eight years
Science14 Apr 2023 | 6
Launching soon: ESA's Juice to probe Jupiter's moons for signs of possible life
Feature We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission
Science13 Apr 2023 | 31
The cause of last December's failed satellite launch? Nozzle material, says ESA
Arianespace Vega-C rocket failure sent two Airbus satellites into the Atlantic Ocean
Science06 Mar 2023 | 8
If we plan to live on the Moon, it's going to need a time zone
For one thing, lunar satnav isn't gonna work with Earth's systems
Science01 Mar 2023 | 135
NASA: Yup, thousand-pound meteorite exploded over Texas
As good time as any for Europe to announce a 2030 asteroid-spotting mission
Science22 Feb 2023 | 48
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 | 12
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
Updated We speak to the boffins behind the mission about hits, misses, engineering, and that extraordinary near death scrape
Science20 Oct 2022 | 6
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 | 9
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
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