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The Exploration Company has completed an initial drop test to validate the recovery system of its Nyx spacecraft ahead of a planned 2028 demonstration mission to the International Space Station.
https://t.co/dWCuNcy2r4

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Venturi Space plans to build a €250 million facility in Toulouse to design and manufacture critical technologies for lunar and Martian rovers.
https://t.co/QYtvlrnD1N

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SSC Space launched its SubOrbital Express-5 mission from Esrange, carrying 12 experiments, including one that examined the effects of microgravity on red hair.
https://t.co/mtRDlnhmYh

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PLD Space has tripled its planned investment in its Guiana Space Centre launch facility to €35 million ahead of MIURA 5’s planned inaugural flight later this year.
https://t.co/7bByXEDXD9

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ASI is using the Italian Navy's 95-year-old tall ship to study how the human body could respond to the stresses of long-duration spaceflight.
https://t.co/zcu84OuRqE

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ESA has greenlit its HiBiDiS and SOVA-S Scout missions, a mission class designed to be developed within three years for no more than €35 million.
https://t.co/GrwvXzEo9h

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Isar Aerospace has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services to conduct launches from its planned launch facility in Nova Scotia. First, however, it needs to complete its first successful flight from Norway.
https://t.co/FTw1bGkEYa

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Sponsored Content: SITAEL outlines its satellite manufacturing and propulsion expansion strategy, including its role in ESA’s HiBiDiS mission, amid growing European demand for sovereign space capabilities.

https://t.co/SShadLeVQJ

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Italy’s lunar habit module has cleared a NASA review, allowing ASI and Thales Alenia Space to prepare for a Preliminary Design Review in 2027.
https://t.co/pQKrkPqtaR

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Redwire has delivered a robotic arm prototype to ESA as the agency opens a €68 million call for a similar system to be used aboard its first Argonaut lunar lander mission.
https://t.co/S8BbV1KAy2

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ICEYE has secured a €300 million revolving credit facility to support customer contract guarantees, continued growth, and improve its liquidity.
https://t.co/8B9JHTwvDn

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TKMS has partnered with Isar Aerospace to support Canada’s sovereign space launch ambitions as part of its bid to supply the country with 12 new submarines.
https://t.co/zugBLgScFh

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The Exploration Company completes Nyx vibration testing as ESA begins evaluating proposals for Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Service initiative.
https://t.co/XZrRFQpbZ5

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ESA chief Josef Aschbacher has called on Europe to develop an autonomous human spaceflight capability, arguing the continent has "become too exposed to decisions beyond its control."
https://t.co/xKCNQh91I2

[Andrew Parsonson @AndrewParsonson]

ESA's SMILE was succesfully launched aboard a Vega C rocket earlier this morning. The flight was the first Vega mission managed by Avio following the company's split with Arianespace.

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The French space agency’s EuroSuit prototype has been delivered to the ISS, where it will be tested by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.
https://t.co/OqeWBAWMzw

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OHB Space UK and Thales Alenia Space have signed a Preliminary Authorisation to Proceed for work on ESA’s EnVision mission worth approximately €24 million.
https://t.co/LXZdb8rdZQ

[Andrew Parsonson @AndrewParsonson]

I finally got a statement from @NASA. A representative from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which is responsible for developing LISA's telescopes, said the agency remains committed to its contributions but did not address the funding issue.

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A very short look at the launch I built from some still images.

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ESA has opened a €16 million call for one or more sounding rocket missions to carry five experiments to space in 2027 or 2028.
https://t.co/cXGCQngNbf