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The European Space Agency-JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth, and is now on course for Venus, where it will make several gravity assist manoeuvres before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025.
2020-04-10

Scientists at INAF announce the discovery of a liquid water lake beneath a polar ice cap on Mars. The discovery was made using MARSIS, a radar instrument on board the European Space Agency's "Mars Express" orbiter.
2018-07-25

Updated analysis by the European Space Agency and Aerospace Corporation suggests that the derelict Chinese space station "Tiangong-1" will crash on tomorrow evening or the day thereafter in the morning. Although the prediction remains highly uncertain, the station may impact around Africa.
2018-03-31

The European Space Agency's "Rosetta" space probe ends its 12-year mission studying comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko in a "collision maneuver" into the comet's surface.
2016-09-30

The European Space Agency's robotic lander "Philae" is discovered wedged in a crack between some rocks in the shadow of a cliff on 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta space probe after being lost since 2014.
2016-09-5

The Soyuz TMA-19M, consisting of Expedition 46 crew members Yuri Malenchenko (RSA), Timothy Kopra (NASA) and Tim Peake (ESA), launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for the International Space Station (ISS) with Peake becoming the first Briton to represent the European Space Agency at the ISS.
2015-12-15

The European Space Agency's "Philae" spacecraft wakes up after six months in hibernation as comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko gets closer to the sun.
2015-06-14

The Philae landing craft is now "stable" after bouncing hundreds of metres from its initial touchdown, and is sending pictures from the surface of the comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
2014-11-13

The European Space Agency's "Rosetta" lands the "Philae" probe on the comet 67P-Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
2014-11-12

Scientists from the European Space Agency and other institutions detect the presence of water vapour on Ceres.
2014-01-22