
Copernical Team
Huge solar flare, strongest since 2017, disrupts Earth radio communications

Rocket Lab puts Japanese satellite into orbit

Measuring how space creates jobs and prosperity on Earth

Space is becoming ever more important to life on Earth – from managing climate change to responding to emergencies to digitalising the economy. To help policymakers and businesses take informed decisions about investing in space, ESA has today published plans to create robust and reliable data on the space economy, in collaboration with international partners.
Week in images: 11-15 December 2023

Week in images: 11-15 December 2023
Discover our week through the lens
Rocket Lab launches a Japanese satellite from the space company's complex in New Zealand

California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in putting small satellites into orbit, launched a Japanese satellite on Friday from the space company's complex on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Oval Office that was collected in the Apollo era.
Earth from Space: Icy landscape

China's space programme: Five things to know

Satellite-based method measures carbon in peat bogs
