ESA Partners with Blue Origin and Thales to Develop Orbital Reef and LEO Capabilities
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space and Blue Origin to explore the potential use of Blue Origin's Orbital Reef commercial space station for European payloads, astronauts, and hardware contributions, as part of its strategy to maintain a human presence in low Earth orbit after the International Space Station's retirement.
Topics:science#commercial-space-station#esa#european-industry#low-earth-orbit#orbital-reef#space-exploration
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