Europe May Progress On Autonomous Astronaut Launch Ambition

Sophie Adenot in a spaceship

French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is hitching a ride on a SpaceX rocket to get to the ISS.

Credit: SpaceX
BRUSSELS—A space summit French President Emmanuel Macron plans to host could provide more direction on Europe’s efforts to independently launch astronauts into space, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) boss says. Europe relies on Russian and U.S. launchers to take its astronauts to the International...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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