The European Space Agency (ESA) has expanded its capability to communicate with scientific, exploration and space safety missions across our Solar System with the inauguration of a new 35-m diameter deep space antenna – the fourth for Estrack, ESA’s deep space tracking network.

Despite its first orbital launch attempt lasting only a few seconds, Gilmour Space Technologies is satisfied with the attempt and moving ahead to return to the launch pad next year.

“The cost of admission is relatively cheap in the cyber area,” Scolese said. “So we remain very much concerned about that.”

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Lauren Edgar thought she had missed out on becoming an astronaut again.

2025 marks a landmark year for Europe’s ‘bridge between Earth and space’. The European Space Agency’s Estrack satellite tracking network turns 50.

Since its inception in 1975, Estrack – ESA’s global network of ground stations – has formed the vital communication bridge between satellites in orbit and mission control at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.

Now comprising six stations spanning six countries, Estrack has grown into a strategic asset for Europe, enabling communication with spacecraft, transmitting commands and receiving scientific data.

The network keeps an eye on satellites no matter their location: tracking them across Earth

The intricate mechanisms of the most sophisticated laboratory on Mars are revealed in Episode 4 of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin series, called “Sample processing.” 

The Rosalind Franklin rover’s drill has a maximum reach of two metres – deeper than any other mission has ever attempted on the Red Planet. This depth allows access to well-preserved organic material from four billion years ago, when conditions on the surface of Mars were more like those on infant Earth. 

After receiving a sample from the drill, Rosalind’s laboratory must prepare the sample to make a detailed study of its mineral and chemical

SYDNEY, Australia – Starlab Space unveiled a full-scale mockup of the commercial space station at the International Astronautical Congress here.

Todd Harrison demonstrates the ‘Defense Futures Simulator’ that calculated eye-watering missile defense costs — and invites critics to prove him wrong with their own numbers.

As the global space community gathered to discuss exploration and cooperation, one theme emerged: how countries are adapting to changes in policies, budgets and leadership at NASA.