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Two large asteroids to safely pass Earth just 42 hours apart

Two large asteroids will safely pass Earth this week, a rare occurrence perfectly timed to commemorate this year's Asteroid Day. Neither poses any risk to our planet, but one of them…

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Climate monitoring satellite leaves Europe

The Airbus-built EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) spacecraft has left Munich, Germany, and is now on its way aboard an aircraft to its launch site in Vandenberg, California.…

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European satellite falls back to Earth after 29 years

A satellite has broken apart and reentered the Earth's atmosphere after almost three decades in orbit. Much of the ERS-2 satellite burned up in the atmosphere while some fragments fell…

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EU seeks satellite array offers in space race with AI

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Europe is seeking final offers for a 6 billion euro ($6.55 billion) EU satellite constellation which is designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink…

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UPDATED: Italy, France and Germany agree to unlock launches of Ariane 6 and Vega C

ROME, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Italy, France and Germany on Monday have reached a deal to immediately unlock launches of Ariane 6 and Avio's Vega-C rockets, Italy's industry minister said…

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SpaceX signs deal to launch key European satellites

Oct 23 (Reuters) - SpaceX has signed a deal to launch up to four of Europe's flagship navigation and secure communications satellites into orbit, The Wall Street Journal reported on…

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Europe’s space agency welcomes UK deal with EU on satellites

By Tim Hepher PARIS, (Reuters) - The European Space Agency welcomed a deal for Britain to resume full membership of Europe's Copernicus programme, easing doubts over the next batch of…

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Scientists launch JUICE mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moons

Could we discover conditions necessary for life outside the Earth in the solar system? This is one of the mysteries that the space mission JUICE (for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)…

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UPDATED: Lift off of ESA Jupiter mission postponed

The European Space Agency (Esa) posponed the a satellite to the planet Jupiter, one of the organisation's most ambitious missions ever. The satellite was to leave Earth on Thursday on…

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Photo Story: Italy’s Stromboli erupts

A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted early on Sunday morning, releasing huge plumes of smoke and a lava flow pouring into the sea. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission…

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NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears planned impact with its target

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense…

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ESA Italian astronaut Cristoforetti becomes first European female ISS commander

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will soon be the commander of the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday. Cristoforetti will take the helm from the…

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European astronaut will walk on the Moon by the end of the decade, says ESA director

A European will walk on the Moon by the end of the decade, the head of the European Space Agency (Esa) has vowed. So far, only Americans have ever set…

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Climate risks dwarf Europe’s energy crisis, space chief warns

PARIS, (Reuters) - The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has warned economic damage from heatwaves and drought could dwarf Europe's energy crisis as he called for urgent action to tackle…

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Europe eyes SpaceX to fill launch void left by Russian tensions

PARIS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after…

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ESA expects strong NASA support after Mars mission suspended due to Ukraine war

BERLIN, June 22 (Reuters) - The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday that it expects strong support from its U.S. counterpart NASA after the European agency's plans to cooperate with Russia…

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Astronaut Barbie doll jets off on zero gravity flight

A Barbie doll version of Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has jetted off on a zero-gravity flight with the aim of inspiring young girls to consider a career in space and…

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Europe recruiting astronauts for the first time in 11 years

Europe is to recruit new astronauts for the first time in 11 years as leading space-faring nations set their sights on missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars. The European…

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First images from Solar Orbiter Mission

A handout picture made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a view of the Sun taken by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) Full Disc Telescope on ESA's…

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Hubble Telescope marks 30th anniversary with stunning new image

The Hubble Space Telescope has celebrated its 30th birthday by issuing an extraordinary new picture from a distant galaxy. The stunning image is of a vast star-forming region close to…

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ESA / NASA launch Solar Orbiter

On Monday, mission controllers at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, received a signal from the spacecraft indicating that its solar panels had successfully deployed.The Solar Orbiter will…

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Solar Orbiter blasts off on historic mission

An undated handout image made available by ESA shows an illustration of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Solar Orbiter spacecraft against the backdrop of an image of the Sun. The Solar…

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European Space Agency approves record budget, preparing to send Europeans to the moon

European space exploration is getting its biggest financial boost in 25 years. At a conference in Seville, Spain, the 22 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday…

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Autumn in Malta from above and beyond

Astronaut Luca Parmitano experience at the ISS is well visually documented through regular posts on social media. Today's image represents his home island Sicily in what he calls an autumn…

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EU launches negotiations to deepen trade relations with Eastern and Southern Africa countries

In Mauritius, the EU started negotiations with five Eastern and Southern Africa partners (so-called ESA: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe) to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement. Given the…

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European satellite in near collision in space with Elon Musk SpaceX craft

The European Space Agency has said it altered the trajectory of one of its observation satellites to avoid a collision with a craft operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. It said…

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Photo Story: Malta and Sicily from space

A photo taken from from the International Space Station (ISS) of Malta and Sicily by Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and that he posted on his Facebook page. The Sicilian astronaut…

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Sunset from Space

Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano shares the sight of the sunset from space, and for every reason in the world he confirms, no sunset resembles another one. ESA - European Space Agency/NASA/Parmitano…

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Photo Story: Lost in Space

A handout illustration made available by European Space Agency ESA shows a Vega rocket carrying Earth Explorer Aeolus from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 22 August 2018 (reissued…

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