Germany Eyes New Upper Stage for Europe’s Vega Light Launcher

Germany appears to be moving closer to joining the Italian-led Vega light launcher program, following issue of a study contract to EADS Astrium last week. Sigmar Wittig, head of German aerospace center DLR, says the country has been considering taking a stake in Vega to maintain vital engineering...

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