Europe must increase its capabilities in space, says European space chief
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher says Europe needs a wake-up call
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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher says Europe needs a wake-up call
Five of the European Space Agency's latest crop of astronaut candidates met the media in Cologne. They're part of a 17-person crew chosen from more than 22,000 applicants. By 2026, the ESA hopes some will go to the ISS.
The European Commission said Friday that it has secured an 'in principle' agreement to lift the ban on the transit of Ukrainian grain via five EU member nations. This comes after concerns were raised earlier by Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia that grain from Ukraine intended for export to other nations had wound up in their domestic markets, driving down prices for local farmers.
Braving all odds, including a bad airstrip and poor night vision, Indian Air Force personnel on the intervening night of 27 April and 28, rescued 121 people from Wadi Sayyidna in Sudan in an IAF C-130J heavy-lift aircraft. The airstrip is about 40 km north of the violently tumultuous Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
The European Space Agency's first para-astronaut experiences weightlessness on a "vomit comet".