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  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    InterviewSatellites
    Europe’s independent access to space is at risk, says space agency chief

    Josef Aschbacher says continent needs to ensure it has competitive capabilities as UK prepares for launch

  • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
    Europe
    Europe’s next generation of weather satellites set for launch

    €4.3bn system promises 50 times more data to improve accuracy of forecasts, particularly for imminent storms

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    Disabled surgeon among 17 European trainee astronauts

    Group unveiled as ministers agree to raise space spending by 17% over the next five years

  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
    Space exploration
    Webb telescope images reveal dance of ancient galaxies

    New pictures released as part of $10bn collaboration come as space agencies hail ‘dawn of a new era in astronomy’

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Space industry
    Transcript: Interview with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from space

    Italian astronaut talks to the FT about life on the International Space Station, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the dangers of space junk

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Scientists map Milky Way stars using European space telescope

    Data from the Gaia observatory will help to reconstruct our galaxy’s evolution and predict its development

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Brexit
    European Space Agency offers UK alternative to EU’s Copernicus project

    Britain looks to channel £750mn budget set aside for Earth observation programme elsewhere if Brussels blocks it

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Space industry17 min
    FT interviews astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in space

    ‘We are devastated … but we have something precious to preserve’

  • Saturday, 25 December, 2021
    News in-depthSpace exploration
    James Webb telescope blasts off on mission to observe infant universe

    Scientists aim to image the earliest stars and probe the chemistry of planets across our galaxy

  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    Space industry
    Elon Musk is setting the rules in space, ESA chief warns

    Billionaire’s thousands of satellites risk crowding other operators out of low earth orbits

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    Space industry
    Porsche SE invests in European rocket launch start-up

    Isar is attempting to rival Musk and Bezos with low-cost services for satellites

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Climate change
    Tree-tracking start-ups surge as climate pledges take root

    Remote tracking tools using AI and drones attempt to calculate carbon stored in forests

  • Sunday, 25 April, 2021
    InterviewHow to Lead
    Europe’s new space chief is on a mission to reinvigorate the agency

    As well as seeking the meaning of life, Josef Aschbacher is set on placing the ESA at the forefront of commercial space

  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    Space industry
    ‘Huge risk’ of space junk collisions as satellite launches intensify, experts warn

    Call for regulation and clean-up of extraterrestrial debris as companies put ‘mega constellations’ in orbit

  • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
    Climate change
    Climate graphic of the week: Iceberg break from Brunt Ice Shelf

    Glaciologists are monitoring whether the mass is at risk of causing damage as it is carried by the current

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Space exploration
    Nasa’s ‘Perseverance’ rover lands on Mars

    Mission controllers receive radio signal soon after car-sized vehicle touches down on the Jezero crater

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Work & Careers
    Astronauts’ lessons on how to cope — in lockdown and beyond

    ESA and Nasa training techniques can also help us build better workplace relationships

  • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
    Space exploration
    Closest view of sun from space shows ‘campfires’ on surface

    Images released by European Space Agency were taken 77m km away from Earth

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    European Space Agency to launch space debris clean-up in 2025

    Swiss start-up ClearSpace to remove ESA’s rocket from orbit

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Space exploration
    Europe’s joint space programme gets sharp rise in spending

    €12.5bn over three years to finance Mars missions, asteroid defence and climate oversight

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    UK increases funding to European Space Agency more than 15%

    Boris Johnson moves to safeguard British role in most important projects

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    Space industry
    European space chief pledges to keep UK on board

    Companies assured they can tender for Copernicus programme after Brexit

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Blockchain goes extra-terrestrial 

    “Open source is going to outer space!” 

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    Anjana Ahuja
    Replying to alien contact would be madness on a galactic scale

    Our species has never been more invested in the scientific hunt for life elsewhere in the universe

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    ExplainerSpecial Report2 min
    Satellite that could revolutionise weather forecasting

    Aeolus measures wind speeds across the entire planet

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