A relief quartet for the International Space Station, made up of
two NASA astronauts, one ESA astronaut and one ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut,
is being taken into low-Earth orbit for an eight-month science mission.
Link to: Space.com "Space photo of the day for Feb.13, 2026"
32 internet satellites are on their way to low-Earth orbit
on board Ariane 64 following a successful lift-off
from the launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou.
Link to: Detailed information by NSF (nasaspaceflight.com)
Link to: ESA "Ariane 6 evolutions"
Cameron Olbert, writing for SpaceNews,
focuses on the need for closer cooperation
and greater trust among European countries
in terms of satellite information gathering and sensitive data exchange
to guarantee strategic readiness and resilience in the years to come.
Richard Hollingham explains
what personal qualities and abilities are required
for candidates to qualify as lunar pioneers
in the near future.
Link to: "Have you got what it takes to go to the Moon?"
These older articles on Solar Power research
by the European Space Agency
are still relevant and topical.
ESA reignites space-based solar power research
Space-based solar power: seeking ideas to make it a reality
Apparently displaying characteristics of both asteroids and comets
these objects presently referred to as "dark comets"
have over the last decade urged scientists
to study their seemingly erratic patterns of acceleration
and to investigate in what ways they are different
from so-called "active asteroids".
New pictures and video taken by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter
will hopefully help scientists to better understand
the reversal of the polar fields on the Sun.
Link to: Article by Pallab Ghosh and Gwndaf Hughes