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Health Index – 2026 Space environment report

Collisions lead to collisions – 2026 Space environment report

Number of objects will skyrocket - 2026 Space environment report

Casualty risk on the ground – 2026 Space environment report

Reentry rate remains high – 2026 Space environment report

Changing orbital landscape – 2026 Space environment report

Payloads and objects - 2026 Space environment report

Tango's reentry recorded

Team waiting for confirmation after Tango reentry

Flight Control Team waits for Tango's last LOS

Sending Samba farewell commands

Samba's reentry recorded

Cluster II reentry ground tracks Samba and Tango

Setting up instruments for airborne reentry observation campaign

The ROSIE Samba and Tango team

Heat shield of Draco’s capsule throughout testing

Draco’s capsule survives reentry-like conditions

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission signed a joint declaration on In-Space Operations and Services (ISOS), signalling a shared ambition to build European leadership in in-orbit servicing.

ESA and European Commission deepen collaboration in In-Space Operations and Services

Close approach of asteroid 2026 JH2

Flash detection by MTG-LI of the widely observed fireball from 8 March 2026.

MTG-LI detection of 22 January 2026 fireball over the Gulf of Aden. The observed signal shows a gradual increase in brightness as the meteor penetrates deeper into the atmosphere, before rapidly fading as it fragments or burns up.

ESA and JAXA deepen collaboration in planetary defence

Poster for ESA's Swing and Sawa space weather missions

ROSIE radio telescope logo

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ROSIE solar radio telescope

Hera mission poster

Hera mission timeline

James Webb Space Telescope spots faint asteroid 2024 YR4 - 18 February 2026

James Webb Space Telescope spots faint asteroid 2024 YR4 - 26 February 2026

Orbital inclination of asteroid Didymos

ESA Space Safety Fleet

Ramses contract signature 10 February 2026

Ramses CubeSat 'Farinella' contract signature

Spacecraft operations engineer Beatriz Abascal Palacios checks if all is in order after command upload

Swing mission infographic

Swing: ESA's first nanosatellite for space weather monitoring

Aurora over the Netherlands, January 2026

X-class solar flare observed on 18 January 2026

Coronal Mass Ejection erupts from the Sun on 18 January 2026

Severe space weather event on 18 January 2026

Flyeye poster

Draco mission poster

ESA's Planetary Defence team

Asteroids named after ESA people and places in 2025

Celebrating asteroid ESOC

Ramses mission poster

An airplane in front of the Sun

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