The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States. In this new 2022 class of ESA astronauts are five career astronauts, 11 members of an astronaut reserve and one astronaut with a disability. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher introduced the members of the […]
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Council and European Parliament agree on boosting secure communications with a new satellite system
The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a regulation establishing the EU’s secure connectivity programme for the period 2023-2027. Providing secure communication services to member states… The programme sets goals for the European Union to deploy an EU satellite constellation called ‘IRIS2’ (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite), which will […]
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EU Space to play a pivotal role in the European Critical Raw Materials Act
If oil and gas were once considered the ‘new gold’, then lithium and rare-earth elements (REE) are the new oil and gas. Whereas oil and gas boomed thanks to the development of the automobile, global trade and the plastics industry, lithium and REE are key to a wide array of high-tech and climate applications, including […]
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Annual Research Conference 2022 – How to turn green in the European way?
The conference is organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN). The Annual Research Conference, now in its 19th year, is themed How to turn green in the European way? Keeping the cutting edge while remaining fair and social. It brings together leading economic […]
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The Galileo family has a new member: Shriya
The Galileo satellite GSAT0224 entered into service on 29 August. The satellite is named ‘Shriya’, after a Norwegian grade school student who won the Galileo drawing competition organised by the European Commission and the Norwegian Space Agency. The news comes after extended In-Orbit Testing that took place in January-March, followed by participation in the In-Orbit […]
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A step towards an emissions-free transport system
An EU-funded project is helping modern cities achieve one of their dreams through sustainable electric vehicle charging solutions. Imagine a city with no traffic jams or parking problems; a city where both cars and mopeds are fuelled by green electricity, and people share pools of personal vehicles without concerns about vehicle availability or charging opportunities. […]
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Asturias at the heart of the twin green & digital transition
Two experts in economic development reveal the vision for Asturias’s future. It is green and digital. Ana Elena Fernández Monzón and Paz Palacio Fernández work for IDEPA, the institute for economic development of the Principality of Asturias. Asturias takes sustainability seriously, a third of the region is environmentally protected. It is also among the leading regions in […]
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Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade”: The Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional agreement
To ensure that the EU meets its objectives for a digital transformation in line with EU values, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement today on the 2030 policy programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’. This decision aims to strengthen the EU’s digital leadership by promoting inclusive and sustainable digital policies that serve citizens and […]
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United States Hosts U.S.– EU Space Dialogue
As part of our deep ongoing collaboration on outer space issues, officials from the United States and the European Union met for the 11th U.S.-EU Space Dialogue in Washington, D.C. Officials discussed cooperation on Earth observation and disaster response, global navigation satellite systems, spaceflight safety and space situational awareness, and opportunities for trans-Atlantic cooperation to […]
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