ESA's SMILE was succesfully launched aboard a Vega C rocket earlier this morning. The flight was the first Vega mission managed by Avio following the company's split with Arianespace.
The French space agency’s EuroSuit prototype has been delivered to the ISS, where it will be tested by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.
ESA has begun risk mitigation efforts aimed at replacing NASA’s contributions to its LISA mission with European alternatives.
Germany's OHB has joined Dassault Aviation’s VORTEX-S spaceplane initiative, committing to build the vehicle’s service module.
Italy has successfully completed a suborbital demonstration of its Aviolancio air-launched rocket using a T4i HAX25 sounding rocket.