Space Rider Uncrewed Laboratory Contracts Awarded by ESA

ESA has given industry the go-ahead to build space and ground segments for the Space Rider program. Launched on a Vega-C rocket, this spacecraft will serve as an uncrewed robotic laboratory in low Earth orbit, returning to Earth with its payloads and being reused on future missions.

“ESA’s Space Rider program has now moved from being a vision to a realit…