As SpaceX has been developing and testing its reusable rocket technology, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been watching and apparently thinking that reusable rocket technology is a good idea. For ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken a step toward diversifying its access to space. ESA has chosen five rocket companies to pass through to the next round of its competition to encourage and ...

Constructed using 3D printing technology, the Prometheus is a liquid-fueled rocket engine demonstrator that is intended as the model for the next generation of potentially reusable propulsion systems ...

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Last month, a full-scale test model of Europe's Ariane 6 was put to the test on its launch pad in the jungles of French Guiana. For the first time, the launch team at the tropical spaceport loaded ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to conduct the first launch of its new Ariane 6 rocket tomorrow. The Ariane 6 is a heavy-lift rocket that will take over from the recently retired Ariane 5. The ...

Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking ...

Satellite-payload adapter tests at ESTEC for the SMILE mission in February 2023. Credit: CAS HELSINKI — Scientists at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC and visiting Chinese counterparts conducted a ...

Sept. 4 (UPI) --The European Space Agency launched the final Vega rocket into space late Wednesday with a mission to carry the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite into low-Earth orbit. The launch ...

For nearly three decades, the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Ariane 5 rocket has been a workhorse of uncrewed spaceflight. This rocket has lifted some of the most important and iconic satellites into ...

ESA astronomers will be looking to the skies on November 13, when a piece of debris – thought to be part of an old rocket – plummets back to Earth. The agency believes that by studying the reentry, it ...