ESA signs contract with Avio to increase Vega-C competitiveness

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Swarm and Cluster get to the bottom of geomagnetic storms

The notion of living in a bubble is usually associated with negative connotations, but all life…

First Vega-C rocket stages reach Europe’s Spaceport

The first elements of ESA’s new-generation Vega-C launch vehicle departed from Avio’s Colleferro factory in Italy…

Webb placed on top of Ariane 5

On Saturday 11 December, the James Webb Space Telescope was placed on top of the Ariane…

Solar particle event

The first widespread energetic particle event for several years burst from the Sun on 29 November…

Zooming in on solar jets

This movie shows the way that the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument onboard Solar Orbiter studies…

Magnetic Sun

The Sun’s activity is driven by its restless magnetic field. The powerful movements of gas we…

Solar corona in detail

This movie of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, was taken with the EUI instrument onboard…

Solar Orbiter publishes a wealth of science results from its cruise phase

For a mission yet to have entered its main science phase, Solar Orbiter has already generated…

Double drop test success

Onboard video footage from two high-altitude drop tests of the ExoMars second stage parachute. The cameras…