Artemis II: Journey to the Moon begins
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Artemis II launched on 2 April at 00:35 CEST, (18:35 local time on 1 April), sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and sustains the Orion spacecraft and its crew on their journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.
Europe to negotiate with NASA on lunar missions: ESA
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NASA's Artemis II mission launches on first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years
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The Critical Burn: How Artemis 2’s Translunar Injection Commits Four Astronauts to the Moon
In the hours after launch, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion capsule will circle Earth in what amounts to a holding pattern 200 miles up, waiting for a single engine burn that will either send them to the Moon or end the mission early. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will sit inside […]
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SpaceX’s $1.75 Trillion Bet: Wall Street Is Pricing in Mars Before Congress Has Even Funded It
SpaceX makes $15 billion a year selling rocket launches and satellite internet. Wall Street wants to price it at $1.75 trillion. That is a price-to-revenue multiple exceeding 100x — roughly seven times what investors pay for the fastest-growing mega-cap tech companies on Earth. The gap between those two numbers is not a rounding error. It […]
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Q&A: What to know about NASA's first crewed mission to the moon since 1972
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Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS
‘Extreme but not exotic,’ – a glimpse at Comet 3I/ATLAS through the eyes of the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice).
A silicon chip that can do it all
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A silicon chip that can do it all Smile: A global answer to a global mystery
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The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are joining hands to uncover how Earth defends itself against dangerous particles and radiation from the Sun.
It’s the first time we will have images and videos of what happens when this solar wind crashes into our magnetic field. Smile will witness this interaction in action, using four onboard instruments to watch the drama unfold.
Life can only exist as we know it when nestled safe inside this giant magnetic bubble surrounding our planet. By imaging the bubble as a whole for the first time, Smile will help us
How to follow the Smile launch live
ESA will be broadcasting live as the European-Chinese Smile mission launches at 07:29 BST/08:29 CEST (03:29 local time) on 9 April 2026.
Smile will launch on a European Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Times subject to change at short notice.
