The next frontier - U-space - designated airspace for use by drones, is opening up. This raises the prospect of airborne home deliveries, once service providers are in place to manage traffic
In times of tight finances, ESA funding for the next three years is going up by 17%, but the US and China are investing significantly more in their space programmes
The ‘era of naivety is over’. Now Europe needs to pool resources with members states to boost Europe’s industry and maintain its independent access to space, EU Space meeting is told
How should universities and scientists handle the war in Ukraine? Here, Science|Business offers some ‘staff picks’ of good books for background reading on the issues raised
A year after announcing its ambition to ensure secure internet connections from space, the European Commission says it will provide industry with €2.4B to spur development of Europe’s own ultra-secure quantum-encrypted broadband system to do this
It’s currently shut out of international research in Horizon Europe, but Switzerland is now a member of the €1.9B project to build the world’s largest telescope, becoming the first non-founder country to join the club