All Articles in Space Exploration

Turin, October 14, 2020 – Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an Authorization To Proceed (ATP) with Airbus Defence and Space, prime contractor of the program, to contribute to the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO), the k...

European Space Agency chooses Thales Alenia Space to deliver the Europe’s two main modules for the lunar space station, key element of the Artemis NASA program

Thales Alenia Space has just delivered a Ka-band transponder (KaT) to the European Space Agency (ESA) for integration in the 3GM, or Gravity & Geophysics of Jupiter and Galilean Moons radio package.

While the ExoMars* program may seem like science fiction to some of you, it’s about to head for the planet Mars on its second mission. The entire spacecraft, comprising the carrier and descent modules, the landing platform and ESA’s new rover, is scheduled for a 2022 l...

Madrid, September 15, 2020 - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by OHB, prime contractor, and the European Space Agency (ESA), to provide the Communications system as well as the Power Conditioning and Distr...

Smart and interconnected small satellites capture the low earth orbit and contribute to our digital and networked world of tomorrow.

The best things are always worth waiting and after a few months, the first images of the solar corona taken by Metis, the super coronagraph onboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft launched in February to study the Sun, are finally released to the world! ...

Space Q&A with Steve Good, Vice President, Business Development North America

A global race is under way to return humans to the Moon and use the satellite as a launchpad for space travel.

On-board an industrial consortium developing the NASA Human Landing system