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