MiscellaneousfromTheregister3 weeks agoESA and Avio ink 40M contract for reusable upper stageAvio and ESA contracted €40 million over 24 months to develop a reusable upper stage demonstrator integrated atop a P160C for Vega rockets.
MiscellaneousfromArs Technica3 weeks agoESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-StarshipThe European Space Agency contracted Avio to design a reusable orbital upper stage that can return to Earth and be relaunched.