ESA is no longer planning to send astronauts to China’s Tiangong space station

ESA’s director general says the agency does not have the budgetary capacity nor the political intention to send its astronauts to China’s space station. “We are very busy supporting and ensuring our commitments and activities on the International Space Station where we have a number of international partners working together,” ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said in response to a question from SpaceNews during an annual press briefing in Paris on Monday. More

(Source: SpaceNews - Jan 26)