UK space firms forced to adjust their models of how the universe works as they lose out on Copernicus contracts
Surprise! The UK has been shut out of an EU-led project
02 Jul 2020
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Out on a tangent: Almost two decades into its 5-year mission, INTEGRAL still delivers the gamma ray goods
Space ExtendersFrom gravitational discoveries to controlled 2029 re-entry, they sure knew how to build 'em
16 Jun 2020
Trump's Make Space Great Again video pulled after former 'naut says: Nope
How may I infringe thee? Let me count the ways...
05 Jun 2020
Beware, space Chuck Norris inside: Wacky flight rules for Chris Cassidy's first mission unearthed as Navy SEAL greets Dragon crew
RoundupAlso: Rocket Lab reschedules, ESA probe eats comet exhaust, China shares space station plans
01 Jun 2020
The Last J-Freighter: HTV-9 arrives at the ISS as ESA inks a deal for a third Moon-bound service module
RoundupMeanwhile: the UK government is going to clear everything up. Or at least keep an eye on it
26 May 2020
The ultimate 4-wheel-drive: How ESA's keeping XMM-Newton alive after 20 years and beyond
Space ExtendersYou thought that yoghurt in the back of fridge was time-expired? Behold X-ray boffinry YEARS past its design-life
01 May 2020
How's your night sky looking? The Reg chats to astroboffin Mark McCaughrean about Starlink and leaving a mark
InterviewESA chap on astronomy and demagoguery as SpaceX readies the next batch of satellites
22 Apr 2020
20 years deep into a '2-year' mission: How ESA keeps Cluster flying
Space ExtendersGrowing extra instruments, reducing fuel spend and those clever, clever hacks
20 Apr 2020
ESA's exoplanet hunter Cheops gets the green light to start checking out future spots mankind could settle on
Not boldly seeking out new worlds, mostly checking out the ones we know
16 Apr 2020
BepiColombo probe swings by Earth on way to Mercury – the Solar System's must-visit coronavirus-free resort
Check out this plucky Euro-Japanese spacecraft and its seven-year trip to innermost planet
13 Apr 2020
ESA missions back doing science after precautionary pandemic plug pull: We talk to space boffins about Mars Express emergency command line
Meanwhile, three-quarters of NASA staff now staying at home
03 Apr 2020
16 years and counting: How ESA squeezed oodles of bonus science out of plucky Mars Express probe
Space ExtendersMEX I can: A tale of ingenuity and innovation
31 Mar 2020
Corona coronavirus hiatus: Euro space agency to put Sun, Mars probes in safe mode while boffins swerve pandemic
Spacecraft instruments switched off after COVID-19 outbreak forces mission control to send workers home
26 Mar 2020
ExoMars team delays 2020 Red Planet road trip after failing to complete all necessary testing
Absolute mad lads
12 Mar 2020
European Space Agency chief will quit 'perfect job' in 2021 after 'dirty games' to oust him
Jan Wörner dodges another round of 'hurdles' by stepping down
03 Feb 2020
Fly me to the M(O2)n: Euro scientists extract oxygen from 'lunar dust' by cooking it with molten salt electrolysis
'Being able to acquire oxygen would obviously be hugely useful for future settlers'
21 Jan 2020
15 years on, Euroboffins finally work out what it took to send the Huygens Titan probe into such a spin
Negative torque didn't bring the plucky spacecraft down, thankfully
15 Jan 2020
ESA trumpets 'world's first space debris removal' with 4-armed junk botherer
Debris removal missions to eventually outnumber actual debris?
10 Dec 2019
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