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Now playing Next world news Russian rocket successfully puts Iranian satellite into orbit A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully put an Iranian satellite into orbit, underlying the increasingly close cooperation between Tehran and Moscow. 29/02/2024
Now playing Next Space Europe's access to space guaranteed after Ariane crisis, says ESA boss Speaking in Davos, the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) was optimistic that Europe had emerged from an ongoing crisis after years of rocket delays. 17/01/2024
Now playing Next Russia Russia launches its first mission to the Moon in nearly 50 years Russian space agency, Roscosmos, says it expects the lunar landing to take place around the 21 August. 11/08/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Russia readies launch of first lunar mission in 50 years NASA isn’t the only space agency focussed on missions to the Moon. Later this week, the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will launch its own lunar landing vehicle. 08/08/2023
Now playing Next Russia Moscow's mission to the dark side of the Moon Russia's unmanned lunar lander is aiming to touch down at the Moon's south pole. 08/08/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Ariane 5 successfully launches on final mission after 27-year service The launch of the last Ariane 5 mission leaves the European Space Agency (ESA) without its own launcher for the first time in over 40 years. 06/07/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Launch of ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter postponed due to bad weather A mission by the European Space agency to discover the secrets of three of Jupiter’s ice-crusted moons was postponed on Thursday. 13/04/2023
Now playing Next Mobility 'External impact' caused leak on Russian spacecraft docked with ISS It's the second leak in the space of a few months reported on a Russian spacecraft, which raised concerns it may be a manufacturing fault. 22/02/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russia to send new Soyuz capsule after tiny meteoroid cripples ISS one Roscosmos said it would launch a new spacecraft in February to take some of the space station's crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant. 12/01/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom Britain's bid to launch first satellites from Europe ends in failure Virgin Orbit said its rocket had suffered an 'anomaly' that prevented it from reaching orbit. 10/01/2023
Now playing Next Poland Poland's only cosmonaut, Mirosław Hermaszewski, dies aged 81 Gen Mirosław Hermaszewski, who circled the Earth in a Soviet spacecraft in 1978, died on Monday at the age of 81. 13/12/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Who's heading to the Moon with a Japanese fashion billionaire? The fashion tycoon announced the star-studded eight member space crew over Twitter. 09/12/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Astronaut Scott Kelly sees ‘no future’ for US-Russia space projects The ex ISS commander told Euronews Next several Russian cosmonauts he worked with felt "ashamed" of Russia’s war in Ukraine. 16/11/2022
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Europe's space sector hesitates between independence and cooperation The European Space Forum 2022 takes place this week in Brussels. 26/10/2022