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• Joshua Faleti
The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with U.S. commercial space company Vast to implement an astronaut mission to the International Space Station for Greece. The agreement advances European participation in commercial human spaceflight as France calls for greater strategic autonomy in space.
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The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with U.S. commercial space company Vast to implement an astronaut mission to the International Space Station for Greece. The agreement advances European participation in commercial human spaceflight as France calls for greater strategic autonomy in space.
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot completed a follow-up spacewalk on Aug. 25, successfully installing a replacement Space-to-Ground Antenna that had failed aboard the International Space Station. The operation followed their earlier removal of the faulty unit and was intended to restore communications capability.
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Aug. 25, installing a replacement Space-to-Ground antenna outside the International Space Station. The task followed their Aug. 18 removal of a faulty antenna and concluded with the spacewalkers returning inside at 2:57 p.m. EDT.
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