NASA Space Flight:
The European Space Agency (ESA) Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is enjoying a stay in Holland ahead of being shipped to Kourou, French Guiana to meet up with her Vega launch vehicle. The IXV space plane is in the Netherlands for a “shaking”, simulating the vibrations and stresses she can expect to endure atop of Vega during the November launch.
NASA's longest-running Mars mission has captured its first view of Phobos.
On Aug. 14, 2017, European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts Samantha Crisoforetti and Matthias Maurer trained with their counterparts with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) in Yantai, China. See photos of the historic joint exercise.
It's unclear how this proposal would work with existing NASA studies of a Europa lander mission that could launch as soon as 2025.
