Tootfinder

I realize the space station passes overhead a few times a week, but each time I see that tiny bright dot race across the sky, it amazes me that people are living up there.
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As part of the preparation for the end of utilisation of the International #SpaceStation (ISS), the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to two European industrial consortia to conduct preliminary studies assessing the feasibility to develop a future European-led orbital outpost: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/ESA_investigates_potential_future_European-led_orbital_outpost - a European-led outpost represents one of several options being investigated by ESA's Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration to prepare Europe's future in low Earth orbit, alongside potential cooperation with future commercial orbital destinations.