ESA and French space agency CNES have not paused any activities potentially affected by proposed U.S. cuts to NASA’s budget, but are developing backup plans.
The launch of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS has been delayed to provide additional time to address a Falcon 9 propellant leak.
Europe's space community sees improving procurement and project-oriented investments as essential to independence after the Trump administration takes office.
European airspace design was inherited from the progressive construction of air traffic management on a multinational continent, leading to fragmentation.
ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.
