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European Space Agency (ESA)

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Three of the ESA-led missions face problems due to NASA's budget proposal: the Envision mission to Venus, the LISA gravitational wave observatory, and the New Athena X-ray telescope.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

ESA has delivered the service modules for the first three Artemis missions.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

Aschbacher hopes the final NASA budget will be completed by the time of the ESA ministerial conference.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

The NASA budget proposal would terminate ESA's service module for the Orion spacecraft after Artemis 3.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

ESA and NASA work together on 19 space science missions.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

ESA has not yet launched its Lunar Pathfinder communications spacecraft as part of the Moonlight navcom constellation.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductJun 16, 2025Moon Monday #229: China extends lead in lunar orbital infrastructure, gets an edge in future crewed missions over the US

Josef Aschbacher is the director general of the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

Peltzer noted that the Argonaut cargo lunar lander project began as a joint initiative before becoming a potential ESA contribution to Artemis.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

Daniel Neuenschwander is the director of human and robotic exploration at ESA.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralJun 16, 2025How NASA’s proposed budget cuts are felt across the Atlantic

The 310 Air ZERO-G aircraft is not only used for DLR's campaigns but also by other space agencies like ESA and CNES.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipJun 11, 2025Herzschlagmessung in Schwerelosigkeit

The MAGPIE mission is being assessed under ESA’s 2023 call for small and medium Moon mission concepts that can fly starting by 2028.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ESA aims to launch LUMIO in 2027 to the second Earth–Moon Lagrangian point (EM-L2) to continuously observe the Moon’s farside.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ESA suggested using its upcoming Moonlight navigation and communications service to reduce onboard communications mass and save mission costs.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ESA’s 2023 call allows mission concepts under €50 million and encourages leveraging rideshare launches on Ariane 6 using lunar-ward trajectories and potential kick-stages.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ispace utilized five of ESA’s Estrack network ground stations to command and receive telemetry from RESILIENCE throughout its mission.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ESA approved the LUnar Meteoroid Impacts Observer (LUMIO) CubeSat mission to monitor meteorite impact flashes on the Moon’s farside.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

ispace Europe and five European institutional partners won an extended approximately €2.7 million ESA contract to collaborate on the MAGPIE mission.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

The 5-kilogram TENACIOUS micro-rover built by ispace Europe under an ESA contract with funding aid from the Luxembourg Space Agency was lost when RESILIENCE crashed.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyOrg RelationshipJun 9, 2025Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

Under an ISRO-ESA agreement, Indian institutes will conduct two joint microgravity experiments with ESA.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipJun 4, 2025A pressing PSLV rocket failure and orbital congestion to brood over | Indian Space Progress #28

NASA's contribution to EnVision, a European Space Agency mission to Venus, will be canceled according to the budget.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative PlanJun 2, 2025NASA’s future in the balance
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