on my webpage! I am an experienced spacecraft analyst at the European Space Operations Centre via Telespazio Germany GmbH. Currently, I am the analyst for the X-ray astronomy mission XMM-Newton, but have worked as an analyst for almost all Earth Explorer spacecrafts previously. In the past I have worked as an astrophysicist studing accreting neutron stars and cosmological neutrino sources. For more details please have a look at the “About me” menu.
ESA Space Science News
ESA science missions get green light for new discoveries
11/06/2026
On 10–11 June, representatives from European Space Agency (ESA) Member States met in Tenerife to make far-reaching decisions about the future of ESA’s Science Programme. Their decisions to extend current missions and adopt the next ‘fast-class’ mission, Arrakihs, underscores European leadership in, and long-term commitment to, space science.
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ESA adopts galactic archaeology mission Arrakihs
10/06/2026
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Science Programme Committee has adopted the Arrakihs mission. Planned for launch by the end of 2030, Arrakihs will capture the faint light from nearby galaxy haloes. By seeing the unseen, Arrakihs will dig up cosmic history and reveal how galaxies like our own form and evolve.
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Webb unveils young stars across every stage of formation
05/06/2026
For this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month we return to the constellation Orion (the Hunter), a location familiar to Webb.
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Smile: cleanroom to space
01/06/2026
Smile successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026.
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Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
01/06/2026
Webb's MIRI image of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in three different light wavelengths
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Journey to the centre of a galaxy cluster
29/05/2026
The focus of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years.
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Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy
27/05/2026
Using the unprecedented imaging and spectroscopic power of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have mapped the motion and composition of gas orbiting a black hole in the centre of Abell2744-QSO1, a tiny galaxy more than 13 billion light-years away. The results suggest that the 50-million-solar-mass black hole predates its host galaxy, possibly forming within the first second of the Big Bang, and must have been immense from the start.
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ESA’s Prodex programme brings scientific research to space
22/05/2026
The launch of the 4DSpace-Daedalus mission in Norway is the latest success supported by Prodex, a European Space Agency (ESA) programme which enables highly skilled research institutes to partake in European space science activities and missions.
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Join ESA for a total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026
21/05/2026
Follow the total solar eclipse with the European Space Agency (ESA), in person or online.
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Smile launch highlights
19/05/2026
ESA’s Smile satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Inspector Smile, chapter 3: the countdown begins
18/05/2026
A ship sails smoothly into harbour.
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Preparing Smile for space
15/05/2026
Before Smile can begin studying how Earth responds to the streams of particles and bursts of radiation from the Sun, the spacecraft had to complete an extraordinary journey here on Earth.
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Smile's journey from launch to orbit
12/05/2026
Our next space science mission is about to begin its space adventure.
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Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood
30/04/2026
In this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the centre of attention.
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Smile: A global answer to a global mystery
02/04/2026
The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are joining hands to uncover how Earth defends itself against dangerous particles and radiation from the Sun.
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