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European Space Agency (ESA)

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The IRIS2 program’s research and development is funded by the European Union and the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2026Eutelsat closes bond offer, unlocking $4.06 billion in financing for OneWeb refresh, Iris2 investment

Crew-12 carried ESA’s French astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralMar 6, 2026Crew-12 mission: relive Sophie Adenot’s departure and arrival on the ISS!

Crew-12 carried ESA French astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralMar 6, 2026Crew-12 mission: relive Sophie Adenot’s departure and arrival on the ISS!

The activity was funded through the Discovery element of ESA's Basic Activities to allow NGI and ESA to explore risks, refine requirements, and shape a practical tool for future missions.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductMar 5, 2026Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction

NGI designed the calibration chamber together with APVacuum in an ESA-funded activity.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductMar 5, 2026Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction

€30,000 of the minimum €60,000 per startup will be provided by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades through the European Space Agency (ESA).

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

Francisca Paiva was a master's student at KU Leuven and an intern at the European Space Agency during the research.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life

Startups incubated at the new ESA-BIC centers will have access to office space either free of charge or on terms more favorable than market conditions.

Mentioned as: esa bicNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

Silvio Sinibaldi is the planetary protection officer at the European Space Agency and the senior author on the study.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life

The three new ESA-BIC centers in Castilla-La Mancha, the Región de Murcia, and País Vasco join a national ESA-BIC network that already includes sites in Andalucía, Cataluña, Castilla y León, Comunidad de Madrid, and Comunidad Valenciana.

Mentioned as: esa bic networkNarrative CapabilityMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

On 16 December, European Space Agency member states approved a prioritized work plan that includes the Mani mission, allowing the project to advance to its next development phase.

Mentioned as: european space agencyNarrative CapabilityMar 5, 2026Danish Mani mission to chart lunar terrain in 3D

Gianluca Furano is Senior On-Board Computer Engineer at ESA and emphasizes selecting sovereign technology with long-term availability for missions expected to remain in space for over a decade.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative PlanMar 5, 2026Orbital Edge AI: Axelera AI and ESA Partner to Standardize Space-Based Inference

The national ESA-BIC network sites are cofinanced and coordinated by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades through the Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) and by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

Startups incubated at the new ESA-BIC centers will receive a minimum of 50 hours of business advisory support.

Mentioned as: esa bicNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

Startups incubated at the new ESA-BIC centers will receive a minimum of 20 hours of technical support.

Mentioned as: esa bicNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

Each startup incubated at the new ESA-BIC centers will receive a minimum financial incentive and cofinancing of €60,000.

Mentioned as: esa bicNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

With sustained support from the European Space Agency (ESA), the HECC is intended to become Europe's central control facility for human and robotic exploration missions.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GrowthMar 5, 2026DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions

Startups incubated at the new ESA-BIC centers will receive a minimum of 10 hours dedicated to defining industrial protection strategies or legal advice.

Mentioned as: esa bicNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia y País Vasco, nuevas sedes ESA-BIC en España

Sinibaldi and Paiva built a computer model to simulate spacecraft-borne contamination on the Moon using the European Space Agency's Argonaut mission as a case study.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyTechnical ProductMar 5, 2026Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life

Radiation-induced Single Event Effects (SEE) in standard commercial hardware are a primary technical challenge for space-based AI, prompting Axelera AI and ESA to focus on Radiation Hardening by Design (RHBD) and software-level mitigation.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Orbital Edge AI: Axelera AI and ESA Partner to Standardize Space-Based Inference
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