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Europe Considers Joining Space-Faring Nations

AUG 19, 2008
Physics Today
NPR : Europe’s space agency reached two milestones earlier this year. A European-built lab was installed at the International Space Station. Europe launched a robotic cargo vehicle that successfully docked with the station. The European Space Agency will be building more of those automated delivery trucks. And it’s also thinking about converting the cargo vehicle into a crew vehicle that could take astronauts into orbit.
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