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    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Space exploration
      Europe’s boldest space mission to search for life in outer solar system

      Juice spacecraft’s ambitious 12-year voyage will observe Jupiter and three of its moons

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      InterviewSatellites
      Europe’s independent access to space is at risk, says space agency chief

      Josef Aschbacher says continent needs to ensure it has competitive capabilities as UK prepares for launch

    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      Europe
      Europe’s next generation of weather satellites set for launch

      €4.3bn system promises 50 times more data to improve accuracy of forecasts, particularly for imminent storms

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Disabled surgeon among 17 European trainee astronauts

      Group unveiled as ministers agree to raise space spending by 17% over the next five years

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Space exploration
      Webb telescope images reveal dance of ancient galaxies

      New pictures released as part of $10bn collaboration come as space agencies hail ‘dawn of a new era in astronomy’

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Space industry
      Transcript: Interview with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from space

      Italian astronaut talks to the FT about life on the International Space Station, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the dangers of space junk

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Scientists map Milky Way stars using European space telescope

      Data from the Gaia observatory will help to reconstruct our galaxy’s evolution and predict its development

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Brexit
      European Space Agency offers UK alternative to EU’s Copernicus project

      Britain looks to channel £750mn budget set aside for Earth observation programme elsewhere if Brussels blocks it

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      Space industry17 min
      FT interviews astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in space

      ‘We are devastated … but we have something precious to preserve’

    • Saturday, 25 December, 2021
      News in-depthSpace exploration
      James Webb telescope blasts off on mission to observe infant universe

      Scientists aim to image the earliest stars and probe the chemistry of planets across our galaxy

    • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
      Space industry
      Elon Musk is setting the rules in space, ESA chief warns

      Billionaire’s thousands of satellites risk crowding other operators out of low earth orbits

    • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
      Space industry
      Porsche SE invests in European rocket launch start-up

      Isar is attempting to rival Musk and Bezos with low-cost services for satellites

    • Monday, 14 June, 2021
      Climate change
      Tree-tracking start-ups surge as climate pledges take root

      Remote tracking tools using AI and drones attempt to calculate carbon stored in forests

    • Sunday, 25 April, 2021
      InterviewHow to Lead
      Europe’s new space chief is on a mission to reinvigorate the agency

      As well as seeking the meaning of life, Josef Aschbacher is set on placing the ESA at the forefront of commercial space

    • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
      Space industry
      ‘Huge risk’ of space junk collisions as satellite launches intensify, experts warn

      Call for regulation and clean-up of extraterrestrial debris as companies put ‘mega constellations’ in orbit

    • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
      Climate change
      Climate graphic of the week: Iceberg break from Brunt Ice Shelf

      Glaciologists are monitoring whether the mass is at risk of causing damage as it is carried by the current

    • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
      Space exploration
      Nasa’s ‘Perseverance’ rover lands on Mars

      Mission controllers receive radio signal soon after car-sized vehicle touches down on the Jezero crater

    • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
      Work & Careers
      Astronauts’ lessons on how to cope — in lockdown and beyond

      ESA and Nasa training techniques can also help us build better workplace relationships

    • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
      Space exploration
      Closest view of sun from space shows ‘campfires’ on surface

      Images released by European Space Agency were taken 77m km away from Earth

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      European Space Agency to launch space debris clean-up in 2025

      Swiss start-up ClearSpace to remove ESA’s rocket from orbit

    • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
      Space exploration
      Europe’s joint space programme gets sharp rise in spending

      €12.5bn over three years to finance Mars missions, asteroid defence and climate oversight

    • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
      UK politics & policy
      UK increases funding to European Space Agency more than 15%

      Boris Johnson moves to safeguard British role in most important projects

    • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
      Space industry
      European space chief pledges to keep UK on board

      Companies assured they can tender for Copernicus programme after Brexit

    • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Blockchain goes extra-terrestrial 

      “Open source is going to outer space!” 

    • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
      Anjana Ahuja
      Replying to alien contact would be madness on a galactic scale

      Our species has never been more invested in the scientific hunt for life elsewhere in the universe

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