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European Commission Launches Initiative to Use Space Technologies for Disaster Risk Management

October 15, 2026 • 11 hours ago
Source: ReliefWeb

On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Management, the European Commission convened a cross-regional dialogue titled "From Space to Grassroots: Strengthening Community Resilience to Natural Hazards through Space Technologies." The meeting initiated a process aimed at strengthening international cooperation to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to natural disasters using space technologies. The […]

CSIRO Mobile Mission Operations Centre Completes First Year of Operations

October 15, 2026 • 16 hours ago
Source: Australian national science agency (CSIRO)

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, marked the one-year operational milestone of its mobile Mission Operations Centre (MOC) after the facility travelled more than 26,000 kilometres across Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and South Australia. Launched in October 2025, the facility—referred to as the Space Truck—was developed in partnership between CSIRO and the […]

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets Extraterrestrial Driving Record on Mars

October 13, 2026 • 2 days ago
Source: Nasa

NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially set the record for the farthest distance driven by any vehicle on another celestial body, reaching an odometer mark of 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers) on Mars on Oct. 11. The milestone was achieved on the rover's 2,006th Martian day, or sol, surpassing the previous record of 28.06 miles (45.16 kilometers) […]

ESA to Brief Media Following 350th Council Session in Paris

October 13, 2026 • 3 days ago
Source: ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) will host an information session on 22 October 2026 at its headquarters in Paris to share the outcomes of the 350th ESA Council meeting at delegate level. The briefing will feature ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Juan Carlos Cortés following the conclusion of their two-day meeting […]

ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot to Hold Post-Mission Press Conference

October 13, 2026 • 3 days ago
Source: ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) will host an online news conference on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, featuring astronaut Sophie Adenot following her return from the International Space Station (ISS). The event, scheduled from 11:00 to 12:00 CEST, marks Adenot's first press conference in Europe following her inaugural space mission, named εpsilon. Adenot spent nearly eight […]

ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Returns to Europe After Record 237-Day Mission

October 10, 2026 • 5 days ago
Source: ESAPlaces named: Europe

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot landed in Cologne, Germany, on 10 October, marking her return to Europe after spending 237 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for the εpsilon mission. Adenot returned to Earth alongside NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev aboard the Crew-12 spacecraft. The […]

NASA Publishes Artemis II Lunar Science Dataset and Mission Reports

October 10, 2026 • 6 days ago
Source: Nasa

NASA announced on Wednesday the release of the complete lunar science dataset from the Artemis II mission, making the imagery and scientific observations gathered during the crew's flight around the Moon available to the public and the global scientific community. More than 800 gigabytes of data have been uploaded to NASA's Planetary Data System, the […]

Australian Defence Satellite Collects Ionospheric Data from Orbit

October 8, 2026 • 1 week ago
Source: Australian Department of Defence

The Australian Department of Defence announced on 8 October 2026 that its first sovereign-built and operated satellite in 50 years, the Buccaneer CubeSat, is currently orbiting 590 kilometres above Earth in a Sun-synchronous orbit. Launched in March of the previous year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the satellite has been collecting high-frequency (HF) measurements […]

European Space Agency and Vast Sign Agreement on Post-ISS Low Earth Orbit Cooperation

October 6, 2026 • 1 week ago
Source: ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with commercial space company Vast during the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026) to prepare for potential future cooperation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The agreement forms part of ESA's planning for the eventual end of service and de-orbitation of the International Space Station […]

ESA Member States to Convene in Rome for Intermediate Ministerial Meeting in December 2026

October 5, 2026 • 2 weeks ago
Source: ESA

Ministers and heads of delegation from European Space Agency (ESA) member states are scheduled to meet in Rome, Italy, on 15 December 2026 for the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting (IMM26) to discuss Europe's future strategy for space exploration. The gathering at the La Nuvola Rome Convention Center follows the endorsement of "A Call to Boost European […]