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Metallic waves on ancient Mars

Wednesday, 15 July 2026 08:00
Mars Express spies metallic waves in Mars’s ancient highlands

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind.

MTG-Sounder satellite over the equator

One year after launch, the first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder satellite, MTG-S1, is now commissioned and has been placed in its operational position in geostationary orbit at 0° longitude, and is now ready to deliver vital data to strengthen weather forecasting across Europe.

Erich Hernandez-Baquero, nominated to become the Air Force’s top civilian space acquisition official, and Roger Mason, the administration’s choice to lead the National Reconnaissance Office, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee

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The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a “whole-of-government” approach for space in the country.

Artemis II astronauts visit ESA

Tuesday, 14 July 2026 06:49
Artemis II astronauts visit the ESA workforce at ESTEC in the Netherlands.

Yesterday, the four Artemis II astronauts visited ESA’s technical site in the Netherlands, where they met the team behind the European Service Module that powered their Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth.

UIWANG, South Korea, July 14 — FLEXELL SPACE, a developer of next-generation space solar solutions, announced that it has completed a $20 million Series A funding round.

European government space spending jumped 12% to about $15.4 billion in 2025, according to a July 13 European Space Agency report, bucking a 3% global decline on the back of rising national defense budgets.

The Space Development Agency awarded the companies a combined $1.75 billion for next batch of missile-tracking satellites

BENGALURU, India / July 15, 2026 — QOSMIC has raised $3.33 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Prosus, with participation from South Park Commons, ARTPARK, and angel investor […]

ESA releases 2026 Space Economy Report

Monday, 13 July 2026 13:09
Space Economy report

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newly released Space Economy Report gives a comprehensive overview of the latest developments shaping Europe's space sector.

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Reditus Space, a startup developing recoverable and reusable spacecraft, has completed its first vehicle for launch later this year.

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Voyager Technologies has completed its acquisition of lunar infrastructure company Astrobotic Technology, weeks after Astrobotic won two NASA lunar lander missions.

Illustration of the asteroid YR4. Credit: ESA-Science Office

Development in space is gaining serious momentum.

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