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NASA to convene Artemis international partners in Washington as ESA updates cooperation and ISS plans

NASA will convene international Artemis partners in Washington next week to discuss the agency's new Artemis plan, ESA Director General Josef Aschacher said. The meeting follows ESA Council endorsements of a new crewed ISS mission concept and intensified NASA–ESA coordination after the Mars Earth Return Orbiter shutdown.

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The meeting will shape partner roles and timelines for Artemis after the US revised the program and canceled major SLS upgrades, creating near‑term architecture and scheduling decisions that affect industry workshare and procurement canceled SLS Block 1B and rewrite of Artemis roadmap.
ESA Council moves — including a new crewed ISS mission concept and expanded planetary cooperation — signal Europe is repositioning program contributions and capabilities that could alter ISS operations and future lunar or Mars tasking ESA study of a European-led space station.
Coordination is already extending to Mars communications and contingency planning after the Mars Earth Return Orbiter shutdown, highlighting near‑term demand for alternative relay and communications solutions NASA objectives for a Mars communications orbiter.

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