April 2019
Cleaning up space
...), which considered both the technology and commercial aspects of ADR. In another recent call for ideas on space transportation, ESA selected Astroscale for a proposal on retrieval of multiple debris targets by a single servicing satellite. The ESA...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
.... Over the next decade, Florida’s Spaceport system will grow into the most diverse and capable space transportation and operations complex in the world. The state is poised to dominate the future of the aerospace industry and...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... science), while other programs are “optional” and countries participate only if they wish to (e.g. space transportation and the International Space Station). Under its optional programs, ESA pays for the development of launch vehicles, while the...
17 May 2017
SLS/Orion mission delayed until 2019
... of sending humans to the vicinity of Mars in the 2030s, significant development work on key systems such as a deep space habitat, in-space transportation, and Mars landing and ascent vehicles must be undertaken in the 2020s, and the Agency will need...
17 November 2020
Vega fails during launch of European Earth observation satellites
...Arianespace and ESA will set up an independent Inquiry Commission jointly chaired by Daniel Neuenschwander, Director of Space Transportation at ESA, and Stéphane Israël, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer, on 18 November. The Commission will provide...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
...industrial, international and commercial customers offering cost competitive end-to-end services including space transportation and logistics, space habitation, equipment accommodation and operations including onboard crew. Starlab, the third private...
