NASA’s Change of Course on Moon Missions Turns Up Heat on Europe’s Space Plans
Paris, May 22, 2026, 01:09 (CEST) Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, is calling for Europe to secure independent crewed spaceflight capabilities. His push comes after the U.S. shook up NASA’s Artemis timeline, creating headaches for European lunar and Mars projects. In a May 18 essay, Aschbacher pointed to the halt on Gateway—the planned lunar orbital station—and
