The European Union has selected 27 space research projects to receive a total of €138.6 million under the Horizon Europe Space Research Call 2025The call, HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 (SPACE-HADEA), is part of Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space, under Destination 5. With 27 projects selected for funding, the overall success rate for the call stands at 30.0%. Small and medium-sized enterprises play a big part in the selected projects, accounting for 23.9% of the total EU funding awarded under this call. The next EU Space Research call, HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03, is scheduled to open on 10 March 2026, with a submission deadline of 3 September 2026. Through these investments, EU Space Research continues to support innovation, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy, while preparing the future evolution of Europe’s space programme.