Space

The Commission is finalising the next generation of 40-odd public-private partnerships, with the first eleven set to launch in June, But after three years in the planning, the space partnership now finds itself in a sea of uncertainty

Money is set to flow for space research, new communication technologies, quantum computing and green manufacturing

‘We need to be more offensive and aggressive,’ says EU Internal Market commissioner Thierry Breton, as he outlines a plan to put hundreds of communications satellites into space to run the internet

Programme will fund satellite navigation and earth observation systems, and boost Europe’s competitiveness as space becomes increasingly commercialised

Europe hails first of its kind collaboration with the US for new tool to monitor climate change

European Space Resources Innovation Centre will carry out research to support the country’s ambitions to mine minerals and metals on the moon and on asteroids

New public-private partnership aims to make EU space industry more competitive and independent, but will it have lift off?

European Space Agency director Johann-Dietrich Wörner talks to Science|Business about returning to the moon, and growing competition in a new spaceflight era