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SpaceX launches two lunar landers headed toward the Moon

SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for private US and Japanese companies.

Space

Blue Origin calls off maiden launch of new rocket over vehicle issue

Blue Origin is a space tech company founded nearly 25 years ago by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. The New Glenn launch could cement the company as a SpaceX rival.

Kenya

Kenya investigates piece of space debris that crash landed in village

Kenya's Space Agency (KSA) said the object was a massive metallic ring measuring approximately 2.5 metres wide and weighing 500 kilograms.

Europe in Motion

Who was Europe's top investor in space in 2023?

Luxembourg remains Europe's top investor in space in a year when defence spending on space exceeded civil space budgets for the first time since the 1990s.

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Europe News

EU signs satellite constellation contracts to up secure connectivity

The multi-orbital satellite constellation, dubbed IRIS², is scheduled to come fully online in 2030.

Space

SpaceX launches sixth test flight of Starship rocket

President-elect Donald Trump flew in for the launch in the latest sign of his deepening bond with Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and CEO.

Space

Donald Trump may attend Elon Musk's SpaceX 'Starship' launch

US president-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend the latest test launch of Elon Musk's SpaceX 'Starship'.

Space

SpaceX crew returns to Earth after nearly 8 months at space station

The crew members completed more than 3,700 orbits around Earth.

Business

Airbus to cut up to 2,500 jobs in defence and space unit

The European firm is suffering from disrupted supply chains, rapid changes in warfare, and increasing budget constraints.

Space

Trash to treasure: NASA wants innovative space recycling projects

NASA is challenging the public to come up with ways to recycle the material waste created in deep space.

Space

A new star could explode any day now. Here's what you need to know

Astronomers are waiting for T Coronae Borealis, a nova 3,000 light-years away, to explode for the first time in almost 80 years.

Space

Is EU's first space commissioner launched on low-orbit mission?

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's second term will see the first-ever commissioner for defence and space. But his mission and support do not match the recognition seen at the policy level, analysts and industry representatives argue.

Space

State-of-the-art reproduction of Moon's surface in Europe

Europe is seeking to place itself at the forefront of missions to the Moon with a facility covering almost 1,000 square metres that reproduces the lunar surface to train astronauts for future missions.

Space

Earth set to gain a 'mini-moon' as an asteroid enters our orbit

Researchers say that an asteroid will begin orbiting Earth this weekend and will be in orbit around the planet until November.

Space

Soyuz capsule returns from ISS with record-breaking cosmonauts

Onboard the capsule were cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub who broke the record for the longest continuous stay at the space station.

Space

Could these Google-funded satellites help detect wildfires faster?

FireSat, a satellite constellation, is designed to detect and manage even small wildfires more effectively.

Europe Decoded

The EU's new defence commissioner is open to eurobonds

Lithuanian commissioner hopeful Andrius Kubilius told Euronews he's urgently looking to raise billions - including via the controversial idea of joint borrowing.

Space

How and where to catch Wednesday's lunar eclipse in Europe

The partial lunar eclipse will occur in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday and will be visible in Europe. Here's what you need to know.

Space

Billionaire spacewalker returns to Earth in SpaceX capsule

Jared Isaacman returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone else since NASA’s moonwalkers.

Space

SpaceX launches rocket carrying 116 satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Transporter 11 group of satellites flew to orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday.