ESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-Starship

ESA and Avio signed the deal, worth 40 million euros ($47 million), on the sidelines of the International Astronautical ...
NASASpaceFlight.com

ESA and Avio unveil plans for reusable Upper...

Avio, a longstanding player in European spaceflight, has built its reputation on the Vega rocket series and boosters for ...
New Atlas

ESA applies CREAM to tackle growing space debris threat

ESA is working on a new system with the unfortunate acronym of Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mitigation (CREAM) that is designed to automate the labor-intensive process of monitoring, ...
SpaceNews

ESA releases strategy document that emphasizes autonomy

WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has released a strategy for its next 15 years that includes a greater emphasis on autonomy amid broader geopolitical changes. ESA released March 20 its Strategy ...
Ars Technica

ESA finally has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?

The European Space Agency is inviting proposals to inject competition into the European launch market, an important step toward fostering a dynamic multiplayer industry officials hope, one day, will ...