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The European Space Agency has shown off a concept for a giant eight-feet-long robotic arm that is designed to pick up samples of Martian soil.

European Space Agency Shows Off Concept for Martian Sample Picker-Upper

By Victor Tangermann

ESA is prepping to send a spacecraft to Venus — a feat which will require state-of-the-art methods to get through the planet's grueling atmosphere.

ESA Unveils Plan to Send Spacecraft Through Venus’ “Hot, Thick” Atmosphere

By Noor Al-Sibai

The ESA is experimenting with satellites that use flax fiber instead of steel-like carbon fibers so that they incinerate easier upon retirement.

The ESA Is Weaving Flax Fiber Into Satellites So They Incinerate Better

By Dan Robitzski

The European Space Agency has officially approved funding for ClearSpace-1 — the world's first mission dedicated to cleaning up space junk.

The ESA Is Sending a Robotic Junk Collector Into Space

By Kristin Houser

To avoid a collision with one of SpaceX's Starlink satellites, the ESA was forced to perform a first-of-its-kind "collision avoidance manoeuvre."

SpaceX Wouldn’t Move Its Satellite to Avoid a Collision, Says ESA

By Kristin Houser

The ESA plans to launch a trio of space probes — a "mothership" and two interceptors — that will wait up in space for comets to pass nearby.

ESA Announces “Mothership” Mission to Intercept Comets

By Dan Robitzski

Gaia, an ESA satellite charged with plotting the course of the stars, just discovered three new asteroids orbiting the Sun at a peculiar angle.

ESA Satellite Accidentally Discovered Three New Asteroids

By Dan Robitzski

PepsiCo says it's struck a deal with a Russian startup called StartRocket to display an enormous energy drink advertisement in the night sky.

Pepsi Plans to Project a Giant Ad in the Night Sky Using Cubesats

By Jon Christian

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It’s Official. In 2025, NASA and the ESA Will Land on Europa to Look For Alien Life

ESA Discovers an Organism That Can Survive 16 Months in Outer Space

ESA Discovers an Organism That Can Survive 16 Months in Outer Space

By Chelsea Gohd

ESA’s Plan for a “Moon Village” is Slowly Starting to Come Together

ESA’s Plan for a “Moon Village” is Slowly Starting to Come Together

By Cecille De Jesus

NASA’s Mega-Rocket Will Launch Craft to Mars and Carry 13 Tiny CubeSats

NASA’s Mega-Rocket Will Launch Craft to Mars and Carry 13 Tiny CubeSats

By Jelor Gallego

Plan to Colonize Mars? A One-Second Sensor Failure Doomed The ESA’s Mars Lander

Plan to Colonize Mars? A One-Second Sensor Failure Doomed The ESA’s Mars Lander

By Jelor Gallego

Contacting E.T: The ESA Just Sent Thousands of Messages Into Deep Space

By June Javelosa

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Watch the Final Moments of the ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft as It Crashes Into a Comet

‘CAPEd’ Crusader: CubeSat to Explore Planets

By Andrew Johnson