As the European Space Agency (ESA) approaches its 50th anniversary, its ambitions for lunar exploration are taking a sharp ...

Hermes is not only a scientific instrument, but it is also the first satellite constellation to see its light in Italy, an excellence in space that sees the University of Cagliari as a protagonist.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy. On 27 March ...

All of the spacecraft NASA, the ESA, and anyone else sends into space have finite lifespans. By placing ESA’s machines in safe mode, the agency can preserve some of that life and hopefully get ...

But its legacy lives on. Rendering of the Gaia telescope in space.Credit...ESA/ATG medialab; ESO, via S. Brunier Supported by By Katrina Miller From ancient star streams to the innards of white ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) LightShip initiative is studying the possibilities for a propulsive tug, or “interplanetary transfer service”. Additionally, four consortia will define what a small, ...

The European Space Agency has released ESA Strategy 2040, outlining how it plans to approach the “challenges and opportunities” of space up to 2040. Its stated aim is to “Lead and orchestrate European ...