Europe partners with U.S. to build spacecraft capable of traveling to Mars

If astronauts are planning a mission to Mars, it will require the coordinated efforts of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S.-based space agency NASA, according to an announced partnership between the two bodies. In a statement released Wednesday by NASA and the ESA officials, the next generation of spacecraft will be a coordinated effort between the pair of space agencies... To continue reading, subscribe to The Space Reporter today.

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