The Iris2 project aims to meet Europe’s long-term satellite needs, which have become more urgent due to events like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cyberattacks in Europe.



EU launches Iris2 space programme to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink

The European Union has launched a €10 billionn (£8.3 billion) space programme called Iris2, aiming to build a network of 290 satellites to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Elon Musk's SpaceX will soon carry out its first test flight of 'Starship,' a rocket which, as per AFP, is touted as the company's most powerful rocket ever built and is designed to ferry humans to the Moon and beyond.

Up, Up, and Away!: Elon Musk’s SpaceX to try and launch ‘Starship,’ its most powerful rocket ever on Monday

Dennis Tito, an American businessman and the first person to pay for their own space flight in 2001, announced on Wednesday that he intends to travel with his wife Akiko on a future SpaceX mission around the Moon.

World's first space tourist plans new flight to moon aboard SpaceX Starship

The skies of Hawaii had a marvelous show on display just a few days ago. The night skies over the island lit up by a tiny speck that resembled a 'flying whirlpool'.

Mysterious 'flying whirlpool' over Hawaii turns out to be a dying SpaceX rocket

SpaceX announced its intention to send four people deeper into orbit than any private citizen before them, in a mission that could cost more than $100 million and take place by 2022.

SpaceX announces partnership to send four people into deep orbit