The European Space Agency has got a 14.4 billion-euro ($15.9) funding boost from its 22 member states as it seeks to launch new missions and safeguard the region's role in space exploration and research
The European Space Agency has received a 14.4 billion-euro funding boost from its 22 member states as it seeks to launch new missions and safeguard its role in space exploration and research.
The agency, which concluded a two-day ministerial meeting in Seville, Spain, on Thursday, agreed a budget of 12.5 billion euros for the next three years or 14.4 billion euros over five years.The agency's budget is still much smaller than NASA's, which was estimated to be $19.4 billion for 2019.ESA's director-general, Jan Woerner, said in a live-streamed news conference that the amount countries had pledged was more than the agency had initially proposed.
NASA Chief on why a woman will be on the next moon mission 01:27The European service module will provide propulsion, power, thermal control and air and water to the Orion crew module -- the first time that NASA will use a European-built system as a critical element to power a US spacecraft.The first launch -- without a crew -- is planned for the end of 2020.
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