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The European Space Agency (ESA) isn’t ruling out programme cuts or freezes if proposed budget cuts to the American space agency NASA are passed by the US Congress later this year. NASA’s 2026 technical budget request, which was released last week, details possible cuts to 19 European space research programmes and could impact key technologies that ESA supplies to American Moon missions.

Voyager Technologies, Inc. ($VOYG) went public on the NYSE on Wednesday—raising $382.8M through the sale of over 12M shares at $31 a pop. When shares hit the retail market, the stock more than doubled from the IPO price, sending the company’s valuation as high as $3.8B. Triple unicorn: While the upsized IPO is a huge vote of confidence for Voyager, it also serves as a bellwether for investors’ expectations of the government’s defense and space spending.

On Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) released images captured by three instruments on board the Solar Orbiter. Taken from a distance of around 40 million miles (roughly 65 million kilometres), the photos reveal a detailed view of the Sun’s south pole. Notably, Solar Orbiter is a joint mission between ESA and Nasa. According to Prof Carole Mundell, ESA’s Director of Science, these are the closest and most detailed images of the Sun ever recorded. Scientists hope the visuals will deepen our understanding of how the Sun works

The Commission announced the second group of companies that have successfully passed the evaluation phase of the EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up call. Together receiving up to a total of €90 million of equity investments, they will now go forward to the EIC Fund for investment decisions, subject to due diligence.

PRAGUE – Czechia is pursuing the establishment of one of the EU’s "AI gigafactories" - massive computing centres designed to supercharge Europe's artificial intelligence capabilities and close the gap with global leaders like the United States.

Musk’s satellite internet company is in 130 countries, thanks in part to White House support. If he’s on the outs, then what?

Whilst NASA funding has been slashed by the Trump administration with no allocation for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion or and Nuclear Electric Propulsion, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have been studying nuclear propulsion. Here's how it works: Instead of burning fuel with oxygen, a nuclear reactor heats up a propellant like hydrogen. The super-heated propellant then shoots out of the rocket nozzle, pushing the spacecraft forward. This method is much more efficient than chemical rockets.

For decades, Europe’s space ambitions were overshadowed by those of NASA’s lunar missions, the Russians’ rockets, or even China’s orbital aspirations. The EU, despite its technological might and scientific pedigree, had no central law governing space activities, just a few national rules, some voluntary guidelines, and polite agreements. However, that’s now changing.

“I carry not just technical equipment but the hopes and dreams of 1.7 billion Indians.” -Shubhanshu Shukla, poised to become the first Indian astronaut to reach the International Space Station, has stirred a wave of national pride. His mission marks a return to government-sponsored human spaceflight for India after a hiatus of more than four decades — and a bold step into the country’s spacefaring future.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. The targeted docking time is approximately 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 11.

New details of the Trump administration's plans for NASA, released Friday, revealed the White House's desire to end the development of an experimental nuclear thermal rocket engine that could have shown a new way of exploring the Solar System.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newest planetary defender has opened its ‘eye’ to the cosmos for the first time. The Flyeye telescope’s ‘first light’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in how we scan the skies for new near-Earth asteroids and comets.