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Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source (www.nature.com)

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Can I ask how everyone personally feels about using nuclear material for space exploration? For the rovers heating elements it will be just a couple of grams but for generating electricity via a RTG a spacecraft would require several kilograms of radioactive material.

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ESA Signs Contract for Its Satellite Control Centre of the Future (europeanspaceflight.com)

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Europe is uncertain whether its ambitious Mercury probe can reach the planet (arstechnica.com)

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Webb hints at atmosphere around rocky exoplanet (www.esa.int)

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Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of a rocky planet atmosphere outside our Solar System.

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Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust (www.esa.int)

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Fingers crossed that it's not affecting the mission objectives

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The Exploration Company’s New Hire Will Drive Human Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)

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Infinite Orbits Raises €12M For Satellite Life Extension System (europeanspaceflight.com)

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The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible Capsule Passes Key Milestones (europeanspaceflight.com)

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The article doesn't provide much background on this company, but this website I found has some more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploration_Company

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Avio leans on defense business amid lull in launches (spacenews.com)

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First Redesigned Vega C Second Stage Shipped to Test Site (europeanspaceflight.com)

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Sweden’s Esrange Gets its First Orbital Launch Customer (europeanspaceflight.com)

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POLARIS Spaceplanes Moves Ahead with New MIRA Prototypes (europeanspaceflight.com)

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Australia Spent AUD $466,000 on ESA Astronaut Training (europeanspaceflight.com)

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I'm not sure how much astronaut training usually costs, so I don't know if this is a good deal or not. Seems a bit strange that there is no flight plan at this point, though.

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Andoya Space is Building a New Suborbital Launch Pad in Norway (europeanspaceflight.com)

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The European Charging Station for the Moon (europeanspaceflight.com)

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