SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

🚀 Starship Test Campaign Continues in Texas SpaceX continued preparations for the next Starship integrated flight…

Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters: a new record for Europe

Enabling & Support 17/06/2026 222 views 1 likes In brief Europe’s heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 launched…

Hubble Sees Swarm of Galaxies

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, M.…

347th ESA Council: Media information session

Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and outgoing…

First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters

On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in…

Satellites swarm the night sky in this new video

Alan Dyer of Amazingsky.net recorded this video from his home in southern Alberta, Canada, around 51…

One robotic arm to rule them all

A team of engineers is hands-on assembling Europe’s most complex robotic arm, preparing for future missions…

Are dark galaxies hiding in the nearby universe?

This simulation shows the distribution of a mysterious substance called dark matter in our Local Group…

Dozens of dust devils hidden in plain sight

Science & Exploration 17/06/2026 178 views 6 likes The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured…

ESA – ESA Impact 2026

Agency 15/06/2026 39 views 1 likes Welcome to ESA Impact, your interactive gateway to the most…

Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom…